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Dual, 12-/14-/16-Bit,1 GSPS Digital-to-Analog Converters
Data Sheet AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
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FEATURES Low power: 1.0 W @ 1 GSPS, 600 mW @ 500 MSPS,
full operating conditions Single carrier W-CDMA ACLR = 80 dBc @ 80 MHz IF Analog output: adjustable 8.7 mA to 31.7 mA,
RL = 25 Ω to 50 Ω Novel 2×, 4×, and 8× interpolator/coarse complex modulator
allows carrier placement anywhere in DAC bandwidth Auxiliary DACs allow control of external VGA and offset control Multiple chip synchronization interface High performance, low noise PLL clock multiplier Digital inverse sinc filter 100-lead, exposed paddle TQFP
APPLICATIONS Wireless infrastructure
W-CDMA, CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA, WiMax, GSM, LTE Digital high or low IF synthesis Internal digital upconversion capability Transmit diversity Wideband communications: LMDS/MMDS, point-to-point
GENERAL DESCRIPTION The AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A are dual, 12-/14-/16-bit, high dynamic range digital-to-analog converters (DACs) that provide a sample rate of 1 GSPS, permitting a multicarrier generation up to the Nyquist frequency. They include features optimized for direct conversion transmission applications, including complex digital modulation and gain and offset compensation. The DAC outputs are optimized to interface seamlessly with analog quadrature modulators such as the ADL537x FMOD series from Analog Devices, Inc. A 3-wire interface provides for programming/readback of many internal parameters. Full-scale output current can be programmed over a range of 10 mA to 30 mA. The devices are manufactured on an advanced 0.18 μm CMOS process and operate on 1.8 V and 3.3 V supplies for a total power consumption of 1.0 W. They are enclosed in a 100-lead thin quad flat package (TQFP).
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS 1. Ultralow noise and intermodulation distortion (IMD)
enable high quality synthesis of wideband signals from baseband to high intermediate frequencies.
2. A proprietary DAC output switching technique enhances dynamic performance.
3. The current outputs are easily configured for various single-ended or differential circuit topologies.
4. CMOS data input interface with adjustable setup and hold. 5. Novel 2×, 4×, and 8× interpolator/coarse complex
modulator allows carrier placement anywhere in DAC bandwidth.
TYPICAL SIGNAL CHAIN
FPGA/ASIC/DSP
DC
COMPLEX I AND Q
DC LO
QUADRATUREMODULATOR/
MIXER/AMPLIFIER
I DAC
Q DAC
DIGITAL INTERPOLATION FILTERS
AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
POST DACANALOG FILTER
A
0645
2-11
4
Figure 1.
AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A Data Sheet
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Features .............................................................................................. 1 Applications ....................................................................................... 1 General Description ......................................................................... 1 Product Highlights ........................................................................... 1 Typical Signal Chain......................................................................... 1 Revision History ............................................................................... 3 Functional Block Diagram .............................................................. 4 Specifications ..................................................................................... 5
DC Specifications ......................................................................... 5 Digital Specifications ................................................................... 6 Digital Input Data Timing Specifications ................................. 7 AC Specifications .......................................................................... 8
Absolute Maximum Ratings ............................................................ 9 Thermal Resistance ...................................................................... 9 ESD Caution .................................................................................. 9
Pin Configurations and Function Descriptions ......................... 10 Typical Performance Characteristics ........................................... 16 Terminology .................................................................................... 24 Theory of Operation ...................................................................... 25
Differences Between AD9776/AD9778/ AD9779 and AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A............................................... 25
3-Wire Interface .............................................................................. 26 General Operation of the Serial Interface ............................... 26 Instruction Byte .......................................................................... 26 Serial Interface Port Pin Descriptions ..................................... 27 MSB/LSB Transfers..................................................................... 27
3-Wire Interface Register Map ...................................................... 28 Interpolation Filter Architecture .................................................. 33
Interpolation Filter Bandwidth Limits .................................... 37
Inverse Sinc Filter ....................................................................... 38 Sourcing the DAC Sample Clock ................................................. 39
Direct Clocking .......................................................................... 39 Clock Multiplication .................................................................. 39 Driving the REFCLK Input ....................................................... 42
Full-Scale Current Generation ..................................................... 43 Internal Reference ...................................................................... 43
Gain and Offset Correction .......................................................... 44 I/Q Channel Gain Matching ..................................................... 44 Auxiliary DAC Operation ......................................................... 44 LO Feedthrough Compensation .............................................. 45 Results of Gain and Offset Correction .................................... 45
Input Data Ports.............................................................................. 46 Single Port Mode ........................................................................ 46 Dual Port Mode .......................................................................... 46 Input Data Referenced to DATACLK ...................................... 46 Input Data Referenced to REFCLK ......................................... 47 Optimizing the Data Input Timing.......................................... 48
Device Synchronization ................................................................. 49 Synchronization Logic Overview ............................................. 49 Synchronizing Devices to a System Clock .............................. 50 Interrupt Request Operation .................................................... 50
Power Dissipation ........................................................................... 51 Power-Down and Sleep Modes................................................. 52
Evaluation Board Overview .......................................................... 53 Evaluation Board Operation ..................................................... 53
Outline Dimensions ....................................................................... 55 Ordering Guide .......................................................................... 55
Data Sheet AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
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REVISION HISTORY 9/2017—Rev. B to Rev. C Deleted Input Data Delay Line, Manual, and Automatic Connection Modes Section ............................................................ 25 Changes to Hex 0x03, Bit 6, Table 13 ............................................ 28 Changes to Hex 0x03, Bit 7 and Hex 0x09, Bits 6:5, Table 14.... 30 Changes to Optimizing the Data Input Timing Section ............ 48 Deleted Automatic Timing Optimization Section ...................... 48 9/2008—Rev. A to Rev. B Changed Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) to 3-Wire Interface Throughout ........................................................................................ 1 Change to Features Section .............................................................. 1 Change to Applications Section ...................................................... 1 Changes to Integral Nonlinearity (INL) Parameter, Table 1 ....... 5 Changes to DAC Clock Input (REFCLK+, REFCLK−) Parameter, Table 2 ............................................................................. 6 Changes to Input Data Parameter, Table 3 ..................................... 7 Changes to Hold Time Parameters, Table 3 ................................... 7 Added 3-Wire Interface Parameter, Table 3 .................................. 7 Added Reset Parameter, Table 3 ...................................................... 7 Changes to Endnotes, Table 3 .......................................................... 7 Added Exposed Pad Notation to Figure 3, Changes to Table 7 ...... 10 Added Exposed Pad Notation to Figure 4, Changes to Table 8 ...... 12 Added Exposed Pad Notation to Figure 5, Changes to Table 9 ...... 14 Changes to DATACLK Delay Range Section .............................. 25 Changes to Version Register Section ............................................ 25 Changes to Table 10 ........................................................................ 25 Changes to Table 12 ........................................................................ 26 Changes to Table 13 ........................................................................ 28 Changes to Table 14 ........................................................................ 29 Changes to Interpolation Filter Architecture Section ................ 33 Changes to Figure 60 ...................................................................... 34 Changes to Table 19 ........................................................................ 36 Changes to Interpolation Filter Bandwidth Limits Section ....... 37 Changes to Figure 70 ...................................................................... 37 Added Digital Modulation Section ............................................... 37 Added Table 20 and Table 21; Renumbered Sequentially .......... 38 Added Inverse Sinc Filter Section ................................................. 38 Added Figure 71; Renumbered Sequentially ............................... 38 Changes to Clock Multiplication Section .................................... 39 Changes to Figure 72 ...................................................................... 39 Changes to Configuring the PLL Band Select Value Section .... 39 Changes to Configuring the PLL Band Select with Temperature Sensing Section ................................................................................ 41 Changes to Known Temperature Calibration with Memory Section .............................................................................................. 41 Changes to Set-and-Forget Device Option Section .................... 41 Added Table 26 ................................................................................ 41
Changes to Internal Reference Section ........................................ 43 Changed Transmit Path Gain and Offset Correction Heading to Gain and Offset Correction ........................................................... 44 Changes to I/Q Channel Gain Matching Section ....................... 44 Changes to Auxiliary DAC Operation Section ........................... 44 Replaced Figure 79 .......................................................................... 45 Deleted Figure 79; Renumbered Sequentially ............................. 41 Changes to LO Feedthrough Compensation Section ................. 45 Changes to Table 28 ........................................................................ 47 Changes to Optimizing the Data Input Timing Section ............ 48 Change to Synchronization Logic Overview Section ................. 49 Changes to Figure 88 ...................................................................... 49 Changes to Figure 101 .................................................................... 53 Deleted Using the ADL5372 Quadrature Modulator Section and Figure 104 ......................................................................................... 51 Deleted Evaluation Board Schematics Section and Figure 105; Renumbered Sequentially .............................................................. 52 Deleted Figure 106 .......................................................................... 53 Deleted Figure 107 .......................................................................... 54 Deleted Figure 108 .......................................................................... 55 Deleted Figure 109 .......................................................................... 56 Deleted Figure 110 .......................................................................... 57 Deleted Figure 111 .......................................................................... 58 Deleted Figure 112 .......................................................................... 59 Updated Outline Dimensions........................................................ 60 3/2008—Rev. 0 to Rev. A Changes to Features .......................................................................... 1 Added Note 2 ..................................................................................... 4 Changes to Table 2 ............................................................................ 5 Changes to Table 3 ............................................................................ 6 Changes to Thermal Resistance Section ........................................ 7 Inserted Table 6 ................................................................................. 8 Changes to Pin 39 Description, Table 7 ......................................... 9 Changes to Pin 39 Description, Table 8 ....................................... 10 Changes to Pin 39 Description, Table 9 ....................................... 12 Changes to Theory of Operation Section .................................... 23 Changes to Table 10 ........................................................................ 23 Changes to Table 13 ........................................................................ 26 Changes to Table 14 ........................................................................ 27 Changes to Interpolation Filter Architecture Section ................ 33 Replaced Sourcing the DAC Sample Clock Section ................... 36 Replaced Transmit Path Gain and Offset Correction Section ......... 40 Replaced Input Data Ports Section ............................................... 42 Replaced Device Synchronization Section .................................. 45 Deleted Figure 112 to Figure 117 .................................................. 58 8/2007—Revision 0: Initial Version
AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A Data Sheet
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FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
10
10
10
10
CLOCK GENERATION/DISTRIBUTION
DATAASSEMBLER
DIGITAL CONTROLLER
2× 2×
SINC^-1
CLOCKMULTIPLIER
2×/4×/8×
16-BITI DAC
REFCLK+
REFCLK–
OUT1_P
OUT1_N
AUX1_PAUX1_NAUX2_PAUX2_N
OUT2_P
OUT2_N
GAIN
GAIN
GAIN
GAIN
16-BITQ DAC
2×
SINC^-1
ILATCH
DELAYLINE
QLATCH
P2D[15:0]
P1D[15:0]
SYNC_O
SYNC_IDATACLK
2× 2× 2×
n × fDAC/8n = 0, 1, 2 ... 7
POWER-ONRESET
SDO
SDIO
SCLK
CSB
SERIALPERIPHERALINTERFACE
CO
MPL
EXM
OD
ULA
TOR
REF
EREN
CE
AN
D B
IAS
VREF
I120
DELAYLINE
AD9779A
0645
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1
Figure 2. AD9779A Functional Block Diagram
Data Sheet AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
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SPECIFICATIONS DC SPECIFICATIONS TMIN to TMAX, AVDD33 = 3.3 V, DVDD33 = 3.3 V, DVDD18 = 1.8 V, CVDD18 = 1.8 V, IOUTFs = 20 mA, maximum sample rate, unless otherwise noted.
Table 1. AD9776A AD9778A AD9779A Parameter Min Typ Max Min Typ Max Min Typ Max Unit RESOLUTION 12 14 16 Bits
ACCURACY Differential Nonlinearity (DNL) ±0.1 ±0.65 ±2.1 LSB Integral Nonlinearity (INL) ±0.86 ±1.5 ±6.0 LSB
MAIN DAC OUTPUTS Offset Error −0.001 0 +0.001 −0.001 0 +0.001 −0.001 0 +0.001 % FSR Gain Error (with Internal Reference) ±2 ±2 ±2 % FSR Full-Scale Output Current1 8.66 20.2 31.66 8.66 20.2 31.66 8.66 20.2 31.66 mA Output Compliance Range −1.0 +1.0 −1.0 +1.0 −1.0 +1.0 V Output Resistance 10 10 10 MΩ Gain DAC Monotonicity Guaranteed Guaranteed Guaranteed
MAIN DAC TEMPERATURE DRIFT Offset 0.04 0.04 0.04 ppm/°C Gain 100 100 100 ppm/°C Reference Voltage 30 30 30 ppm/°C
AUXILIARY DAC OUTPUTS Resolution 10 10 10 Bits Full-Scale Output Current1 −1.998 +1.998 −1.998 +1.998 −1.998 +1.998 mA
Output Compliance Range (Source) 0 1.6 0 1.6 0 1.6 V Output Compliance Range (Sink) 0.8 1.6 0.8 1.6 0.8 1.6 V Output Resistance 1 1 1 MΩ Auxiliary DAC Monotonicity Guaranteed Guaranteed Guaranteed
REFERENCE Internal Reference Voltage 1.2 1.2 1.2 V Output Resistance 5 5 5 kΩ
ANALOG SUPPLY VOLTAGES AVDD33 3.13 3.3 3.47 3.13 3.3 3.47 3.13 3.3 3.47 V CVDD18 1.70 1.8 2.05 1.70 1.8 2.05 1.70 1.8 2.05 V
DIGITAL SUPPLY VOLTAGES DVDD33 3.13 3.3 3.47 3.13 3.3 3.47 3.13 3.3 3.47 V DVDD18 1.70 1.8 2.05 1.70 1.8 2.05 1.70 1.8 2.05 V
POWER CONSUMPTION2 1× Mode, fDAC = 100 MSPS, IF = 1 MHz 250 300 250 300 250 300 mW 2× Mode, fDAC = 320 MSPS, IF = 16 MHz, PLL Off 498 498 498 mW 2× Mode, fDAC = 320 MSPS, IF = 16 MHz, PLL On 588 588 588 mW 4× Mode, fDAC/4 Modulation, fDAC = 500 MSPS,
IF = 137.5 MHz, Q DAC Off 572 572 572 mW
8× Mode, fDAC/4 Modulation, fDAC = 1 GSPS, IF = 262.5 MHz
980 980 980 mW
Power-Down Mode 2.5 9.8 2.5 9.8 2.5 9.8 mW Power Supply Rejection Ratio, AVDD33 −0.3 +0.3 −0.3 +0.3 −0.3 +0.3 % FSR/V
OPERATING RANGE −40 +25 +85 −40 +25 +85 −40 +25 +85 °C 1 Based on a 10 kΩ external resistor. 2 See the Power Dissipation section for more details.
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DIGITAL SPECIFICATIONS TMIN to TMAX, AVDD33 = 3.3 V, DVDD33 = 3.3 V, DVDD18 = 1.8 V, CVDD18 = 1.8 V, IOUTFs = 20 mA, maximum sample rate, unless otherwise noted. LVDS driver and receiver are compliant to the IEEE-1596 reduced range link, unless otherwise noted.
Table 2. Parameter Conditions Min Typ Max Unit CMOS INPUT LOGIC LEVEL
Input VIN Logic High 2.0 V Input VIN Logic Low 0.8 V Maximum Input Data Rate at Interpolation
1× 300 MSPS 2× 250 MSPS 4× 200 MSPS 8× DVDD18, CVDD18 = 1.8 V ± 5% 112.5 MSPS DVDD18, CVDD18 = 1.9 V ± 5% 125 MSPS DVDD18, CVDD18 = 2.0 V ± 2% 137.5 MSPS
CMOS OUTPUT LOGIC LEVEL (DATACLK, PIN 37)1 Output VOUT Logic High 2.4 V Output VOUT Logic Low 0.4 V DATACLK Output Duty Cycle At 250 MHz, into 5 pF load 40 50 60 %
LVDS RECEIVER INPUTS (SYNC_I+, SYNC_I−) SYNC_I+ = VIA, SYNC_I− = VIB Input Voltage Range, VIA or VIB 825 1575 mV Input Differential Threshold, VIDTH −100 +100 mV Input Differential Hysteresis, VIDTHH − VIDTHL 20 mV Receiver Differential Input Impedance, RIN 80 120 Ω LVDS Input Rate Additional limits on fSYNC_I apply; see description of
Register 0x05, Bits[3:1], in Table 14 250 MSPS
Setup Time, SYNC_I to REFCLK 0.4 ns Hold Time, SYNC_I to REFCLK 0.55 ns
LVDS DRIVER OUTPUTS (SYNC_O+, SYNC_O−) SYNC_O+ = VOA, SYNC_O− = VOB, 100 Ω termination Output Voltage High, VOA or VOB 1375 mV Output Voltage Low, VOA or VOB 1025 mV Output Differential Voltage, |VOD| 150 200 250 mV Output Offset Voltage, VOS 1150 1250 mV Output Impedance, RO Single-ended 80 100 120 Ω
DAC CLOCK INPUT (REFCLK+, REFCLK−) Differential Peak-to-Peak Voltage 400 800 2000 mV Common-Mode Voltage 300 400 500 mV Maximum Clock Rate DVDD18, CVDD18 = 1.8 V ± 5%, PLL off 900 MHz DVDD18, CVDD18 = 1.9 V ± 5%, PLL off 1000 MHz DVDD18, CVDD18 = 2.0 V ± 2%, PLL off 1100 MHz DVDD18, CVDD18 = 2.0 V ± 2%, PLL on 250 MHz
1 Specification is at a DATACLK frequency of 100 MHz into a 1 kΩ load, with maximum drive capability of 8 mA. At higher speeds or greater loads, best practice suggests
using an external buffer for this signal.
Data Sheet AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
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DIGITAL INPUT DATA TIMING SPECIFICATIONS All modes, −40°C to +85°C.
Table 3. Parameter Conditions Min Typ Max Unit INPUT DATA1
Setup Time Input data to DATACLK 3.0 ns Hold Time Input data to DATACLK −0.05 ns Setup Time Input data to REFCLK −0.80 ns Hold Time Input data to REFCLK 3.80 ns
LATENCY 1× Interpolation With or without modulation 25 DACCLK cycles 2× Interpolation With or without modulation 70 DACCLK cycles 4× Interpolation With or without modulation 146 DACCLK cycles 8× Interpolation With or without modulation 297 DACCLK cycles Inverse Sync 18 DACCLK cycles
3-WIRE INTERFACE Maximum Clock Rate (SCLK) 40 MHz Minimum Pulse Width High, tPWH 12.5 ns Minimum Pulse Width Low, tPWL 12.5 ns Setup Time, tDS SDIO to SCLK 2.8 ns Hold Time, tDH SDIO to SCLK 0.0 ns Setup Time, tDS CSB to SCLK 2.8 ns Data Valid, tDV SDO to SCLK 2.0 ns
POWER-UP TIME2 260 ms RESET
Minimum Pulse Width, High 2 DACCLK cycles 1 Specified values are with PLL disabled. Timing vs. temperature and data valid keep out windows (that is, the minimum amount of time valid data must be presented to
the device to ensure proper sampling) are delineated in Table 28. 2 Measured from CSB rising edge when Register 0x00, Bit 4, is written from 1 to 0 with the VREF decoupling capacitor equal to 0.1 μF.
AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A Data Sheet
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AC SPECIFICATIONS TMIN to TMAX, AVDD33 = 3.3 V, DVDD33 = 3.3 V, DVDD18 = 1.8 V, CVDD18 = 1.8 V, IOUTFs = 20 mA, maximum sample rate, unless otherwise noted.
Table 4. AD9776A AD9778A AD9779A
Parameter Min Typ Max Min Typ Max Min Typ Max Unit SPURIOUS-FREE DYNAMIC RANGE (SFDR)
fDAC = 100 MSPS, fOUT = 20 MHz 82 82 82 dBc fDAC = 200 MSPS, fOUT = 50 MHz 81 81 82 dBc fDAC = 400 MSPS, fOUT = 70 MHz 80 80 80 dBc fDAC = 800 MSPS, fOUT = 70 MHz 85 85 87 dBc
TWO-TONE INTERMODULATION DISTORTION (IMD) fDAC = 200 MSPS, fOUT = 50 MHz 87 87 91 dBc fDAC = 400 MSPS, fOUT = 60 MHz 80 85 85 dBc fDAC = 400 MSPS, fOUT = 80 MHz 75 81 81 dBc fDAC = 800 MSPS, fOUT = 100 MHz 75 80 81 dBc
NOISE SPECTRAL DENSITY (NSD), EIGHT-TONE, 500 kHz TONE SPACING
fDAC = 200 MSPS, fOUT = 80 MHz −152 −155 −158 dBm/Hz fDAC = 400 MSPS, fOUT = 80 MHz −155 −159 −160 dBm/Hz fDAC = 800 MSPS, fOUT = 80 MHz −157.5 −160 −161 dBm/Hz
W-CDMA ADJACENT CHANNEL LEAKAGE RATIO (ACLR), SINGLE CARRIER
fDAC = 491.52 MSPS, fOUT = 100 MHz 76 78 79 dBc fDAC = 491.52 MSPS, fOUT = 200 MHz 69 73 74 dBc
W-CDMA SECOND ADJACENT CHANNEL LEAKAGE RATIO (ACLR), SINGLE CARRIER
fDAC = 491.52 MSPS, fOUT = 100 MHz 77.5 80 81 dBc fDAC = 491.52 MSPS, fOUT = 200 MHz 76 78 78 dBc
Data Sheet AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
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ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS Table 5. Parameter With Respect To Rating AVDD33, DVDD33 AGND, DGND,
CGND −0.3 V to +3.6 V
DVDD18, CVDD18 AGND, DGND, CGND
−0.3 V to +2.1 V
AGND DGND, CGND −0.3 V to +0.3 V DGND AGND, CGND −0.3 V to +0.3 V CGND AGND, DGND −0.3 V to +0.3 V I120, VREF, IPTAT AGND −0.3 V to
AVDD33 + 0.3 V OUT1_P, OUT1_N, OUT2_P, OUT2_N, AUX1_P, AUX1_N, AUX2_P, AUX2_N
AGND −1.0 V to AVDD33 + 0.3 V
P1D[15:0], P2D[15:0] DGND −0.3 V to DVDD33 + 0.3 V
DATACLK, TXENABLE DGND −0.3 V to DVDD33 + 0.3 V
REFCLK+, REFCLK− CGND −0.3 V to CVDD18 + 0.3 V
RESET, IRQ, PLL_LOCK, SYNC_O+, SYNC_O−, SYNC_I+, SYNC_I−, CSB, SCLK, SDIO, SDO
DGND −0.3 V to DVDD33 + 0.3 V
Junction Temperature +125°C Storage Temperature
Range −65°C to +150°C
Stresses at or above those listed under Absolute Maximum Ratings may cause permanent damage to the product. This is a stress rating only; functional operation of the product at these or any other conditions above those indicated in the operational section of this specification is not implied. Operation beyond the maximum operating conditions for extended periods may affect product reliability.
THERMAL RESISTANCE For optimal thermal performance, the exposed paddle (EPAD) should be soldered to the ground plane for the 100-lead, thermally enhanced TQFP package.
Typical θJA and θJC are specified for a 4-layer board in still air. Airflow increases heat dissipation, effectively reducing θJA.
Table 6. Thermal Resistance Package Type θJA θJB θJC Unit 100-Lead TQFP
EPAD Soldered 19.1 12.4 7.1 °C/W EPAD Not Soldered 27.4 °C/W
ESD CAUTION
AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A Data Sheet
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PIN CONFIGURATIONS AND FUNCTION DESCRIPTIONS
74 VREF73 IPTAT72 AGND
69 CSB
70 RESET
71 IRQ
75 I120
68 SCLK67 SDIO66 SDO
64 DGND63 SYNC_O+62 SYNC_O–61 DVDD3360 DVDD1859 NC58 NC57 NC56 NC55 P2D054 DGND53 DVDD1852 P2D151 P2D2
65 PLL_LOCK
PIN 1
100
AVDD
33
99
AGN
D
98
AVDD
33
97
AGN
D
96
AVDD
33
95
AGN
D
94
AGN
D
93
OUT
1_P
92
OUT
1_N
91
AGN
D
90
AU
X1_P
89
AU
X1_N
88
AGN
D
87
AU
X2_N
86
AU
X2_P
85
AGN
D
84
OUT
2_N
83
OUT
2_P
82
AGN
D
81
AGN
D
80
AVDD
33
79
AGN
D
78
AVDD
33
77
AGN
D
76
AVDD
3326
P1D4
27
P1D3
28
P1D2
29
P1D1
30
P1D0
31
NC
32
DGND
33
DVDD
18
34
NC
35
NC
36
NC
37
DATA
CLK
38
DVDD
33
39
TXEN
ABL
E/IQ
SELE
CT
40
P2D1
1
41
P2D1
0
42
P2D9
43
DVDD
18
44
DGND
45
P2D8
46
P2D7
47
P2D6
48
P2D5
49P2
D450
P2D3
2CVDD183CGND4CGND
7CGND
6REFCLK–
5REFCLK+
1CVDD18
8CGND9CVDD1810CVDD18
12AGND13SYNC_I+14SYNC_I–15DGND16DVDD1817P1D1118P1D1019P1D920P1D821P1D722DGND23DVDD1824P1D625P1D5
11CGND
AD9776ATOP VIEW
(Not to Scale)
ANALOG DOMAIN
DIGITAL DOMAIN
NC = NO CONNECT
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2
NOTES1. FOR OPTIMAL THERMAL PERFORMANCE, THE EXPOSED
PAD SHOULD BE SOLDERED TO THE GROUND PLANE FOR THE 100-LEAD, THERMALLY ENHANCED TQFP PACKAGE.
Figure 3. AD9776A Pin Configuration
Table 7. AD9776A Pin Function Descriptions Pin No. Mnemonic Description 1 CVDD18 1.8 V Clock Supply. 2 CVDD18 1.8 V Clock Supply. 3 CGND Clock Ground. 4 CGND Clock Ground. 5 REFCLK+ Differential Clock Input. 6 REFCLK− Differential Clock Input. 7 CGND Clock Ground. 8 CGND Clock Ground. 9 CVDD18 1.8 V Clock Supply. 10 CVDD18 1.8 V Clock Supply. 11 CGND Clock Ground. 12 AGND Analog Ground. 13 SYNC_I+ Differential Synchronization Input. 14 SYNC_I− Differential Synchronization Input. 15 DGND Digital Ground. 16 DVDD18 1.8 V Digital Supply. 17 P1D11 Port 1, Data Input D11 (MSB).
Pin No. Mnemonic Description 18 P1D10 Port 1, Data Input D10. 19 P1D9 Port 1, Data Input D9. 20 P1D8 Port 1, Data Input D8. 21 P1D7 Port 1, Data Input D7. 22 DGND Digital Ground. 23 DVDD18 1.8 V Digital Supply. 24 P1D6 Port 1, Data Input D6. 25 P1D5 Port 1, Data Input D5. 26 P1D4 Port 1, Data Input D4. 27 P1D3 Port 1, Data Input D3. 28 P1D2 Port 1, Data Input D2. 29 P1D1 Port 1, Data Input D1. 30 P1D0 Port 1, Data Input D0 (LSB). 31 NC No Connect. 32 DGND Digital Ground. 33 DVDD18 1.8 V Digital Supply. 34 NC No Connect.
Data Sheet AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
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Pin No. Mnemonic Description 35 NC No Connect. 36 NC No Connect. 37 DATACLK Data Clock Output. 38 DVDD33 3.3 V Digital Supply. 39 TXENABLE/
IQSELECT Transmit Enable. In single port mode, this pin also functions as IQSELECT.
40 P2D11 Port 2, Data Input D11 (MSB). 41 P2D10 Port 2, Data Input D10. 42 P2D9 Port 2, Data Input D9. 43 DVDD18 1.8 V Digital Supply. 44 DGND Digital Ground. 45 P2D8 Port 2, Data Input D8. 46 P2D7 Port 2, Data Input D7. 47 P2D6 Port 2, Data Input D6. 48 P2D5 Port 2, Data Input D5. 49 P2D4 Port 2, Data Input D4. 50 P2D3 Port 2, Data Input D3. 51 P2D2 Port 2, Data Input D2. 52 P2D1 Port 2, Data Input D1. 53 DVDD18 1.8 V Digital Supply. 54 DGND Digital Ground. 55 P2D0 Port 2, Data Input D0 (LSB). 56 NC No Connect. 57 NC No Connect. 58 NC No Connect. 59 NC No Connect. 60 DVDD18 1.8 V Digital Supply. 61 DVDD33 3.3 V Digital Supply. 62 SYNC_O− Differential Synchronization Output. 63 SYNC_O+ Differential Synchronization Output. 64 DGND Digital Ground. 65 PLL_LOCK PLL Lock Indicator. 66 SDO 3-Wire Interface Port Data Output. 67 SDIO 3-Wire Interface Port Data Input/Output. 68 SCLK 3-Wire Interface Port Clock. 69 CSB 3-Wire Interface Port Chip Select Bar. 70 RESET Reset, Active High.
Pin No. Mnemonic Description 71 IRQ Interrupt Request. 72 AGND Analog Ground. 73 IPTAT Factory Test Pin. Output current is
proportional to absolute temperature, approximately 14 μA at 25°C with approximately 20 nA/°C slope. This pin should remain floating.
74 VREF Voltage Reference Output. 75 I120 120 μA Reference Current. 76 AVDD33 3.3 V Analog Supply. 77 AGND Analog Ground. 78 AVDD33 3.3 V Analog Supply. 79 AGND Analog Ground. 80 AVDD33 3.3 V Analog Supply. 81 AGND Analog Ground. 82 AGND Analog Ground. 83 OUT2_P Differential DAC Current Output, Channel 2. 84 OUT2_N Differential DAC Current Output, Channel 2. 85 AGND Analog Ground. 86 AUX2_P Auxiliary DAC Current Output, Channel 2. 87 AUX2_N Auxiliary DAC Current Output, Channel 2. 88 AGND Analog Ground. 89 AUX1_N Auxiliary DAC Current Output, Channel 1. 90 AUX1_P Auxiliary DAC Current Output, Channel 1. 91 AGND Analog Ground. 92 OUT1_N Differential DAC Current Output, Channel 1. 93 OUT1_P Differential DAC Current Output, Channel 1. 94 AGND Analog Ground. 95 AGND Analog Ground. 96 AVDD33 3.3 V Analog Supply. 97 AGND Analog Ground. 98 AVDD33 3.3 V Analog Supply. 99 AGND Analog Ground. 100 AVDD33 3.3 V Analog Supply.
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74 VREF73 IPTAT72 AGND
69 CSB
70 RESET
71 IRQ
75 I120
68 SCLK67 SDIO66 SDO
64 DGND63 SYNC_O+62 SYNC_O–61 DVDD3360 DVDD1859 NC58 NC57 P2D056 P2D155 P2D254 DGND53 DVDD1852 P2D351 P2D4
65 PLL_LOCK
PIN 1
100
AVD
D33
99
AG
ND
98
AVD
D33
97
AG
ND
96
AVD
D33
95
AG
ND
94
AG
ND
93
OU
T1_P
92
OU
T1_N
91
AG
ND
90
AU
X1_P
89
AU
X1_N
88
AG
ND
87
AU
X2_N
86
AU
X2_P
85
AG
ND
84
OU
T2_N
83
OU
T2_P
82
AG
ND
81
AG
ND
80
AVD
D33
79
AG
ND
78
AVD
D33
77
AG
ND
76
AVD
D33
26
P1D
6
27
P1D
5
28
P1D
4
29
P1D
3
30
P1D
2
31
P1D
1
32
DG
ND
33
DVD
D18
34
P1D
0
35
NC
36
NC
37
DA
TAC
LK
38
DVD
D33
39
TXEN
AB
LE/IQ
SELE
CT
40
P2D
13
41
P2D
12
42
P2D
11
43
DVD
D18
44
DG
ND
45
P2D
10
46
P2D
947P2
D848
P2D
749
P2D
6
50
P2D
5
2CVDD183CGND4CGND
7CGND
6REFCLK–
5REFCLK+
1CVDD18
8CGND9CVDD1810CVDD18
12AGND13SYNC_I+14SYNC_I–15DGND16DVDD1817P1D1318P1D1219P1D1120P1D1021P1D922DGND23DVDD1824P1D825P1D7
11CGND
AD9778ATOP VIEW
(Not to Scale)
ANALOG DOMAIN
DIGITAL DOMAIN
NC = NO CONNECT
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NOTES1. FOR OPTIMAL THERMAL PERFORMANCE, THE EXPOSED
PAD SHOULD BE SOLDERED TO THE GROUND PLANE FOR THE 100-LEAD, THERMALLY ENHANCED TQFP PACKAGE.
Figure 4. AD9778A Pin Configuration
Table 8. AD9778A Pin Function Descriptions Pin No. Mnemonic Description 1 CVDD18 1.8 V Clock Supply. 2 CVDD18 1.8 V Clock Supply. 3 CGND Clock Ground. 4 CGND Clock Common. 5 REFCLK+ Differential Clock Input. 6 REFCLK− Differential Clock Input. 7 CGND Clock Ground. 8 CGND Clock Ground. 9 CVDD18 1.8 V Clock Supply. 10 CVDD18 1.8 V Clock Supply. 11 CGND Clock Ground. 12 AGND Analog Ground. 13 SYNC_I+ Differential Synchronization Input. 14 SYNC_I− Differential Synchronization Input. 15 DGND Digital Ground. 16 DVDD18 1.8 V Digital Supply. 17 P1D13 Port 1, Data Input D13 (MSB). 18 P1D12 Port 1, Data Input D12.
Pin No. Mnemonic Description 19 P1D11 Port 1, Data Input D11. 20 P1D10 Port 1, Data Input D10. 21 P1D9 Port 1, Data Input D9. 22 DGND Digital Ground. 23 DVDD18 1.8 V Digital Supply. 24 P1D8 Port 1, Data Input D8. 25 P1D7 Port 1, Data Input D7. 26 P1D6 Port 1, Data Input D6. 27 P1D5 Port 1, Data Input D5. 28 P1D4 Port 1, Data Input D4. 29 P1D3 Port 1, Data Input D3. 30 P1D2 Port 1, Data Input D2. 31 P1D1 Port 1, Data Input D1. 32 DGND Digital Ground. 33 DVDD18 1.8 V Digital Supply. 34 P1D0 Port 1, Data Input D0 (LSB). 35 NC No Connect. 36 NC No Connect.
Data Sheet AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
Rev. C | Page 13 of 55
Pin No. Mnemonic Description 37 DATACLK Data Clock Output. 38 DVDD33 3.3 V Digital Supply. 39 TXENABLE/
IQSELECT Transmit Enable. In single port mode, this pin also functions as IQSELECT.
40 P2D13 Port 2, Data Input D13 (MSB). 41 P2D12 Port 2, Data Input D12. 42 P2D11 Port 2, Data Input D11. 43 DVDD18 1.8 V Digital Supply. 44 DGND Digital Ground. 45 P2D10 Port 2, Data Input D10. 46 P2D9 Port 2, Data Input D9. 47 P2D8 Port 2, Data Input D8. 48 P2D7 Port 2, Data Input D7. 49 P2D6 Port 2, Data Input D6. 50 P2D5 Port 2, Data Input D5. 51 P2D4 Port 2, Data Input D4. 52 P2D3 Port 2, Data Input D3. 53 DVDD18 1.8 V Digital Supply. 54 DGND Digital Ground. 55 P2D2 Port 2, Data Input D2. 56 P2D1 Port 2, Data Input D1. 57 P2D0 Port 2, Data Input D0 (LSB). 58 NC No Connect. 59 NC No Connect. 60 DVDD18 1.8 V Digital Supply. 61 DVDD33 3.3 V Digital Supply. 62 SYNC_O− Differential Synchronization Output. 63 SYNC_O+ Differential Synchronization Output. 64 DGND Digital Ground. 65 PLL_LOCK PLL Lock Indicator. 66 SDO 3-Wire Interface Port Data Output. 67 SDIO 3-Wire Interface Port Data Input/Output. 68 SCLK 3-Wire Interface Port Clock. 69 CSB 3-Wire Interface Port Chip Select Bar. 70 RESET Reset, Active High. 71 IRQ Interrupt Request.
Pin No. Mnemonic Description 72 AGND Analog Ground. 73 IPTAT Factory Test Pin. Output current is
proportional to absolute temperature, approximately 14 μA at 25°C with approximately 20 nA/°C slope. This pin should remain floating.
74 VREF Voltage Reference Output. 75 I120 120 μA Reference Current. 76 AVDD33 3.3 V Analog Supply. 77 AGND Analog Ground. 78 AVDD33 3.3 V Analog Supply. 79 AGND Analog Ground. 80 AVDD33 3.3 V Analog Supply. 81 AGND Analog Ground. 82 AGND Analog Ground. 83 OUT2_P Differential DAC Current Output, Channel 2. 84 OUT2_N Differential DAC Current Output, Channel 2. 85 AGND Analog Ground. 86 AUX2_P Auxiliary DAC Current Output, Channel 2. 87 AUX2_N Auxiliary DAC Current Output, Channel 2. 88 AGND Analog Ground. 89 AUX1_N Auxiliary DAC Current Output, Channel 1. 90 AUX1_P Auxiliary DAC Current Output, Channel 1. 91 AGND Analog Ground. 92 OUT1_N Differential DAC Current Output, Channel 1. 93 OUT1_P Differential DAC Current Output, Channel 1. 94 AGND Analog Ground. 95 AGND Analog Ground. 96 AVDD33 3.3 V Analog Supply. 97 AGND Analog Ground. 98 AVDD33 3.3 V Analog Supply. 99 AGND Analog Ground. 100 AVDD33 3.3 V Analog Supply.
AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A Data Sheet
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74 VREF73 IPTAT72 AGND
69 CSB
70 RESET
71 IRQ
75 I120
68 SCLK67 SDIO66 SDO
64 DGND63 SYNC_O+62 SYNC_O–61 DVDD3360 DVDD1859 P2D058 P2D157 P2D256 P2D355 P2D454 DGND53 DVDD1852 P2D551 P2D6
65 PLL_LOCK
PIN 1
100
AVD
D33
99
AG
ND
98
AVD
D33
97
AG
ND
96
AVD
D33
95
AG
ND
94
AG
ND
93
OU
T1_P
92
OU
T1_N
91
AG
ND
90
AU
X1_P
89
AU
X1_N
88
AG
ND
87
AU
X2_N
86
AU
X2_P
85
AG
ND
84
OU
T2_N
83
OU
T2_P
82
AG
ND
81
AG
ND
80
AVD
D33
79
AG
ND
78
AVD
D33
77
AG
ND
76
AVD
D33
26
P1D
8
27
P1D
7
28
P1D
6
29
P1D
5
30
P1D
4
31
P1D
3
32
DG
ND
33
DVD
D18
34
P1D
2
35
P1D
1
36
P1D
0
37
DA
TAC
LK
38
DVD
D33
39
TXEN
AB
LE/IQ
SELE
CT
40
P2D
15
41
P2D
14
42
P2D
13
43
DVD
D18
44
DG
ND
45
P2D
12
46
P2D
11
47P2
D1048
P2D
949
P2D
8
50
P2D
7
2CVDD183CGND4CGND
7CGND
6REFCLK–
5REFCLK+
1CVDD18
8CGND9CVDD1810CVDD18
12AGND13SYNC_I+14SYNC_I–15DGND16DVDD1817P1D1518P1D1419P1D1320P1D1221P1D1122DGND23DVDD1824P1D1025P1D9
11CGND
AD9779ATOP VIEW
(Not to Scale)
ANALOG DOMAIN
DIGITAL DOMAIN
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NOTES1. FOR OPTIMAL THERMAL PERFORMANCE, THE EXPOSED
PAD SHOULD BE SOLDERED TO THE GROUND PLANE FOR THE 100-LEAD, THERMALLY ENHANCED TQFP PACKAGE.
Figure 5. AD9779A Pin Configuration
Table 9. AD9779A Pin Function Descriptions Pin No. Mnemonic Description 1 CVDD18 1.8 V Clock Supply. 2 CVDD18 1.8 V Clock Supply. 3 CGND Clock Ground. 4 CGND Clock Ground. 5 REFCLK+ Differential Clock Input. 6 REFCLK− Differential Clock Input. 7 CGND Clock Ground. 8 CGND Clock Ground. 9 CVDD18 1.8 V Clock Supply. 10 CVDD18 1.8 V Clock Supply. 11 CGND Clock Ground. 12 AGND Analog Ground. 13 SYNC_I+ Differential Synchronization Input. 14 SYNC_I− Differential Synchronization Input. 15 DGND Digital Ground. 16 DVDD18 1.8 V Digital Supply. 17 P1D15 Port 1, Data Input D15 (MSB). 18 P1D14 Port 1, Data Input D14.
Pin No. Mnemonic Description 19 P1D13 Port 1, Data Input D13. 20 P1D12 Port 1, Data Input D12. 21 P1D11 Port 1, Data Input D11. 22 DGND Digital Ground. 23 DVDD18 1.8 V Digital Supply. 24 P1D10 Port 1, Data Input D10. 25 P1D9 Port 1, Data Input D9. 26 P1D8 Port 1, Data Input D8. 27 P1D7 Port 1, Data Input D7. 28 P1D6 Port 1, Data Input D6. 29 P1D5 Port 1, Data Input D5. 30 P1D4 Port 1, Data Input D4. 31 P1D3 Port 1, Data Input D3. 32 DGND Digital Ground. 33 DVDD18 1.8 V Digital Supply. 34 P1D2 Port 1, Data Input D2. 35 P1D1 Port 1, Data Input D1. 36 P1D0 Port 1, Data Input D0 (LSB).
Data Sheet AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
Rev. C | Page 15 of 55
Pin No. Mnemonic Description 37 DATACLK Data Clock Output. 38 DVDD33 3.3 V Digital Supply. 39 TXENABLE/
IQSELECT Transmit Enable. In single port mode, this pin also functions as IQSELECT.
40 P2D15 Port 2, Data Input D15 (MSB). 41 P2D14 Port 2, Data Input D14. 42 P2D13 Port 2, Data Input D13. 43 DVDD18 1.8 V Digital Supply. 44 DGND Digital Ground. 45 P2D12 Port 2, Data Input D12. 46 P2D11 Port 2, Data Input D11. 47 P2D10 Port 2, Data Input D10. 48 P2D9 Port 2, Data Input D9. 49 P2D8 Port 2, Data Input D8. 50 P2D7 Port 2, Data Input D7. 51 P2D6 Port 2, Data Input D6. 52 P2D5 Port 2, Data Input D5. 53 DVDD18 1.8 V Digital Supply. 54 DGND Digital Ground. 55 P2D4 Port 2, Data Input D4. 56 P2D3 Port 2, Data Input D3. 57 P2D2 Port 2, Data Input D2. 58 P2D1 Port 2, Data Input D1. 59 P2D0 Port 2, Data Input D0 (LSB). 60 DVDD18 1.8 V Digital Supply. 61 DVDD33 3.3 V Digital Supply. 62 SYNC_O− Differential Synchronization Output. 63 SYNC_O+ Differential Synchronization Output. 64 DGND Digital Ground. 65 PLL_LOCK PLL Lock Indicator. 66 SDO 3-Wire Interface Port Data Output. 67 SDIO 3-Wire Interface Port Data Input/Output. 68 SCLK 3-Wire Interface Port Clock. 69 CSB 3-Wire Interface Port Chip Select Bar. 70 RESET Reset, Active High. 71 IRQ Interrupt Request.
Pin No. Mnemonic Description 72 AGND Analog Ground. 73 IPTAT Factory Test Pin. Output current is
proportional to absolute temperature, approximately 14 μA at 25°C with approximately 20 nA/°C slope. This pin should remain floating.
74 VREF Voltage Reference Output. 75 I120 120 μA Reference Current. 76 AVDD33 3.3 V Analog Supply. 77 AGND Analog Ground. 78 AVDD33 3.3 V Analog Supply. 79 AGND Analog Ground. 80 AVDD33 3.3 V Analog Supply. 81 AGND Analog Ground. 82 AGND Analog Ground. 83 OUT2_P Differential DAC Current Output, Channel 2. 84 OUT2_N Differential DAC Current Output, Channel 2. 85 AGND Analog Ground. 86 AUX2_P Auxiliary DAC Current Output, Channel 2. 87 AUX2_N Auxiliary DAC Current Output, Channel 2. 88 AGND Analog Ground. 89 AUX1_N Auxiliary DAC Current Output, Channel 1. 90 AUX1_P Auxiliary DAC Current Output, Channel 1. 91 AGND Analog Ground. 92 OUT1_N Differential DAC Current Output, Channel 1. 93 OUT1_P Differential DAC Current Output, Channel 1. 94 AGND Analog Ground. 95 AGND Analog Ground. 96 AVDD33 3.3 V Analog Supply. 97 AGND Analog Ground. 98 AVDD33 3.3 V Analog Supply. 99 AGND Analog Ground. 100 AVDD33 3.3 V Analog Supply.
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Rev. C | Page 16 of 55
TYPICAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS 4
–60
CODE
INL
(16-
BIT
LSB
)
3
2
1
0
–1
–2
–3
–4
–5
10k 20k 30k 60k50k40k06
452-
005
Figure 6. AD9779A Typical INL
1.5
–2.0
–1.5
–1.0
–0.5
0
0.5
1.0
0 60k50k40k30k20k10k
CODE
DNL
(16-
BIT
LSB
)
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Figure 7. AD9779A Typical DNL
100
500 100
fOUT (MHz)
SFD
R (d
Bc)
90
80
70
60
20 40 60 80
fDATA = 160MSPS
fDATA = 200MSPS
fDATA = 250MSPS
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Figure 8. AD9779A In-Band SFDR vs. fOUT, 1× Interpolation
100
500 100
fOUT (MHz)
SFD
R (d
Bc)
90
80
70
60
20 40 60 80
fDATA = 160MSPS
fDATA = 200MSPS
fDATA = 250MSPS
0645
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8
Figure 9. AD9779A In-Band SFDR vs. fOUT, 2× Interpolation
100
500 100
fOUT (MHz)
SFD
R (d
Bc)
90
80
70
60
20 40 60 80
fDATA = 100MSPS fDATA = 200MSPS
fDATA = 150MSPS
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Figure 10. AD9779A In-Band SFDR vs. fOUT, 4× Interpolation
100
500 50
fOUT (MHz)
SFD
R (d
Bc)
90
80
70
60
10 20 30 40
fDATA = 50MSPS fDATA = 100MSPS
fDATA = 125MSPS
0645
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Figure 11. AD9779A In-Band SFDR vs. fOUT, 8× Interpolation
Data Sheet AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
Rev. C | Page 17 of 55
100
500 100
fOUT (MHz)
SFD
R (d
Bc)
90
80
70
60
20 40 60 80
fDATA = 200MSPS
fDATA = 160MSPS
fDATA = 250MSPS
0645
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Figure 12. AD9779A Out-of-Band SFDR vs. fOUT, 2× Interpolation
100
500 100
fOUT (MHz)
SFD
R (d
Bc)
90
80
70
60
20 40 60 80
fDATA = 150MSPS
fDATA = 100MSPS
fDATA = 200MSPS
0645
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Figure 13. AD9779A Out-of-Band SFDR vs. fOUT, 4× Interpolation
100
500 50
fOUT (MHz)
SFD
R (d
Bc)
90
80
70
60
10 20 30 40
fDATA = 50MSPSfDATA = 100MSPS
fDATA = 125MSPS
0645
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3
Figure 14. AD9779A Out-of-Band SFDR vs. fOUT, 8× Interpolation
100
500 40
fOUT (MHz)
SFD
R (d
Bc)
90
80
70
60
10 20 30
PLL OFF
PLL ON
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4
Figure 15. AD9779A In-Band SFDR vs. fOUT, 4× Interpolation, fDATA = 100 MSPS, PLL On/Off
100
500 80
fOUT (MHz)
SFD
R (d
Bc)
90
80
70
60
20 40 60
–3dBFS
0dBFS
–6dBFS
0645
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5
Figure 16. AD9779A In-Band SFDR vs. fOUT, Digital Full Scale
100
500 80
fOUT (MHz)
SFD
R (d
Bc)
90
80
70
60
20 40 60
10mA
20mA
30mA
0645
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Figure 17. AD9779A In-Band SFDR vs. fOUT, Output Full-Scale Current
AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A Data Sheet
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100
500 120
fOUT (MHz)
IMD
(dB
c)
90
80
70
60
20 40 60 80 100
fDATA = 200MSPS
fDATA = 250MSPS
fDATA = 160MSPS
0645
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Figure 18. AD9779A Third-Order IMD vs. fOUT, 1× Interpolation
100
500 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220
fOUT (MHz)
IMD
(dB
c)
90
80
70
60
fDATA = 160MSPS
fDATA = 250MSPS
fDATA = 200MSPS
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Figure 19. AD9779A Third-Order IMD vs. fOUT, 2× Interpolation
100
500 400
fOUT (MHz)
IMD
(dB
c)
90
80
70
60
40 80 120 160 200 240 280 320 360
fDATA = 150MSPS
fDATA = 200MSPS
fDATA = 100MSPS
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Figure 20. AD9779A Third-Order IMD vs. fOUT, 4× Interpolation
fOUT (MHz)
IMD
(dB
c)
fDATA = 75MSPS
fDATA = 125MSPS
fDATA = 100MSPS
90
100
80
70
60
50
450
425
400
375
350
325
300
275
250
225
200
175
150
125
1007550250
fDATA = 50MSPS
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Figure 21. AD9779A Third-Order IMD vs. fOUT, 8× Interpolation
100
500 200
fOUT (MHz)
IMD
(dB
c)90
80
70
60
10020 40 60 80 120 140 160 180
PLL OFF
PLL ON
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Figure 22. AD9779A Third-Order IMD vs. fOUT, 4× Interpolation, fDATA = 100 MSPS, PLL On/Off
100
95
50
55
0 400360
fOUT (MHz)
IMD
(dB
c)
90
80
85
70
75
60
65
40 80 120 160 200 240 280 320
0645
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2
Figure 23. AD9779A Third-Order IMD vs. fOUT, Over 50 Parts, 4× Interpolation, fDATA = 200 MSPS
Data Sheet AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
Rev. C | Page 19 of 55
100
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
0 400
fOUT (MHz)
IMD
(dB
c)
80 160 240 36032040 120 200 280
0dBFS
–3dBFS
–6dBFS
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Figure 24. AD9779A IMD Performance vs. fOUT, Digital Full-Scale Input Over Output Frequency,
4× Interpolation, fDATA = 200 MSPS
100
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
0 400
fOUT (MHz)
IMD
(dB
c)
80 160 240 36032040 120 200 280
20mA
10mA
30mA
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Figure 25. AD9779A IMD Performance vs. fOUT, Full-Scale Output Current Over Output Frequency,
4× Interpolation, fDATA = 200 MSPS
STOP 400.0MHzSWEEP 1.203s (601 pts)VBW 20kHz
START 1.0MHz*RES BW 20kHz
REF 0dBm*PEAKlog10dB
LGAV51W1S3
£(f):FTUNSWP
S2FCAA
*ATTEN 20dB
EXT REFDC-COUPLED
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Figure 26. AD9779A Single Tone, 4× Interpolation, fDATA = 100 MSPS, fOUT = 30 MHz
STOP 400.0MHzSWEEP 1.203s (601 pts)VBW 20kHz
START 1.0MHz*RES BW 20kHz
REF 0dBm*PEAKLog10dB
LGAV51W1S3
£(f):FTUNSWP
S2FCAA
*ATTEN 20dB
EXT REFDC-COUPLED
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Figure 27. AD9779A Two-Tone Spectrum, 4× Interpolation, fDATA = 100 MSPS, fOUT = 30 MHz, 35 MHz
–142
–146
–150
–154
–158
–162
–166
–1700
fOUT (MHz)
NSD
(dB
m/H
z)
20 40 60 80
0dBFS
–3dBFS
–6dBFS
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Figure 28. AD9779A Noise Spectral Density vs. fOUT, Digital Full-Scale Over Output Frequency of Single-Tone Input,
2× Interpolation, fDATA = 200 MSPS
–150
–1700 100
fOUT (MHz)
NSD
(dB
m/H
z)
–154
–158
–162
–166
20 40 60 80
fDAC = 800MSPS
fDAC = 400MSPS
fDAC = 200MSPS06
452-
026
Figure 29. AD9779A Noise Spectral Density vs. fOUT, fDAC Over Output Frequency for Eight-Tone Input with 500 kHz Spacing,
fDATA = 200 MSPS
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–150
–1700 100
fOUT (MHz)
NSD
(dB
m/H
z)
–154
–158
–162
–166
20 40 60 80
fDAC = 800MSPS
fDAC = 400MSPSfDAC = 200MSPS
0645
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fDAC Over Output Frequency with a Single-Tone Input at −6 dBFS
–55
–90
–85
–80
–75
–70
–65
–60
0 26024022020018016014012010080604020
fOUT (MHz)
AC
LR (d
Bc)
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0dBFS, PLL DISABLED
–3dBFS, PLL DISABLED
–6dBFS, PLL DISABLED
0dBFS, PLL ENABLED
Figure 31. AD9779A ACLR for First Adjacent Band W-CDMA, 4× Interpolation, fDATA = 122.88 MSPS,
On-Chip Modulation Translates Baseband Signal to IF
SPAN 50MHzSWEEP 162.2ms (601 pts)VBW 300kHz
CENTER 143.88MHz*RES BW 30kHz
RMS RESULTSCARRIER POWER–12.49dBm/3.84000MHz
FREQ OFFSET5.000MHz10.00MHz15.00MHz
REF BW3.840MHz3.840MHz3.840MHz
dBc–76.75–80.94–79.95
dBm–89.23–93.43–92.44
LOWERdBc–77.42–80.47–78.96
dBm–89.91–92.96–91.45
UPPER
REF –25.28dBm*AVGlog10dB
PAVG10W1 S2
*ATTEN 4dB
EXT REF
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Figure 32. AD9779A W-CDMA Signal, 4× Interpolation, fDATA = 122.88 MSPS, fDAC/4 Modulation
–55
–90
–85
–80
–75
–70
–65
–60
0 26024022020018016014012010080604020
fOUT (MHz)
AC
LR (d
Bc)
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1
–3dBFS, PLL DISABLED
–6dBFS, PLL DISABLED
0dBFS, PLL ENABLED
0dBFS, PLL DISABLED
Figure 33. AD9779A ACLR for Second Adjacent Band W-CDMA, 4× Interpolation, fDATA = 122.88 MSPS,
On-Chip Modulation Translates Baseband Signal to IF
–55
–90
–85
–80
–75
–70
–65
–60
0 26024022020018016014012010080604020
fOUT (MHz)
AC
LR (d
Bc)
0645
2-30
2
–3dBFS, PLL DISABLED
–6dBFS, PLL DISABLED
0dBFS, PLL ENABLED
0dBFS, PLL DISABLED
Figure 34. AD9779A ACLR for Third Adjacent Band W-CDMA, 4× Interpolation, fDATA = 122.88 MSPS,
On-Chip Modulation Translates Baseband Signal to IF
SPAN 50MHzSWEEP 162.2ms (601 pts)VBW 300kHz
CENTER 151.38MHz*RES BW 30kHz
1 –17.87dBm2 –20.65dBm3 –18.26dBm4 –18.23dBm
TOTAL CARRIER POWER –12.61dBm/15.3600MHzREF CARRIER POWER –17.87dBm/3.84000MHz
FREQ OFFSET5.000MHz10.00MHz15.00MHz
INTEG BW3.840MHz3.840MHz3.840MHz
dBc–67.70–70.00–71.65
dBm–85.57–97.87–99.52
LOWERdBc–67.70–69.32–71.00
dBm–85.57–87.19–88.88
UPPER
REF –30.28dBm*AVGlog10dB
PAVG10W1 S2
*ATTEN 4dB
EXT REF06
452-
032
Figure 35. AD9779A Multicarrier W-CDMA Signal, 4× Interpolation, fDAC = 122.88 MSPS, fDAC/4 Modulation
Data Sheet AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
Rev. C | Page 21 of 55
1.5
0
CODE
INL
(14-
BIT
LSB)
10k
1.0
0.5
0
–0.5
–1.0
–1.52k 4k 6k 8k
0645
2-03
3
Figure 36. AD9778A Typical INL
0.6
0
CODE
DNL
(14-
BIT
LSB)
–0.2
–1.016k14k12k10k8k6k4k2k
0.4
0.2
0
–0.4
–0.6
–0.8
0645
2-03
4
Figure 37. AD9778A Typical DNL
100
500 400
fOUT (MHz)
IMD
(dB
c)
90
80
70
60
40 80 120 160 200 240 280 320 360
4× 200MSPS
4× 150MSPS
4× 100MSPS
0645
2-03
5
Figure 38. AD9778A IMD vs. fOUT, 4× Interpolation
100
500 100
fOUT (MHz)
SFD
R (d
Bc)
90
80
70
60
20 40 60 80
fDATA = 250MSPS
fDATA = 200MSPSfDATA = 160MSPS
0645
2-03
6
Figure 39. AD9778A In-Band SFDR vs. fOUT, 2× Interpolation
–900 250
fOUT (MHz)
ACLR
(dBc
)–70
–80
–60
25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225
FIRST ADJACENT CHANNEL
SECOND ADJACENTCHANNEL
THIRD ADJACENTCHANNEL
0645
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7
Figure 40. AD9778A ACLR, Single Carrier W-CDMA, 4× Interpolation, fDATA = 122.88 MSPS, Amplitude = −3 dBFS
SPAN 50MHzSWEEP 162.2ms (601 pts)VBW 300kHz
CENTER 143.88MHz*RES BW 30kHz
RMS RESULTSCARRIER POWER–12.74dBm/3.84000MHz
FREQ OFFSET5.000MHz10.00MHz15.00MHz
REF BW3.884MHz3.840MHz3.840MHz
dBc–76.49–80.13–80.90
dBm–89.23–92.87–93.64
LOWERdBc–76.89–80.02–79.53
dBm–89.63–92.76–92.27
UPPER
REF –25.39dBm*AVGlog10dB
PAVG10W1 S2
*ATTEN 4dB
0645
2-03
8
Figure 41. AD9778A ACLR, fDATA = 122.88 MSPS, 4× Interpolation, fDAC/4 Modulation
AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A Data Sheet
Rev. C | Page 22 of 55
–150
–1700 100
fOUT (MHz)
NSD
(dB
m/H
z)
–154
–158
–162
–166
20 40 60 80
fDAC = 800MSPS
fDAC = 400MSPS
fDAC = 200MSPS
0645
2-03
9Figure 42. AD9778A Noise Spectral Density vs. fOUT
for Eight-Tone Input with 500 kHz Spacing, fDATA = 200 MSPS
–150
–1700 100
fOUT (MHz)
NSD
(dB
m/H
z)
–154
–158
–162
–166
20 40 60 80
fDAC = 800MSPS
fDAC = 400MSPS
fDAC = 200MSPS
0645
2-04
0
Figure 43. AD9778A Noise Spectral Density vs. fOUT with Single-Tone Input at −6 dBFS, fDATA = 200 MSPS
0.4
0 4096
CODE
INL
(12-
BIT
LSB
)
–0.4512 1024 256020481536 3072 3584
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
–0.1
–0.2
–0.3
0645
2-04
1
Figure 44. AD9776A Typical INL
0.20
0 4096
CODE
DN
L (1
2-B
IT L
SB)
2048–0.20
512 1024 1536 2560 3072 3584
0.15
0.10
0.05
0
–0.05
–0.10
–0.15
0645
2-04
2
Figure 45. AD9776A Typical DNL
100
500 400
fOUT (MHz)
IMD
(dB
c)
40 80 120 160 200 240 280 320 360
4× 200MSPS4× 100MSPS
4× 150MSPS
95
90
85
80
75
70
65
60
55
0645
2-04
3
Figure 46. AD9776A IMD vs. fOUT, 4× Interpolation
100
500 100
fOUT (MHz)
SFD
R (d
Bc)
90
80
70
60
20 40 60 80
fDATA = 250MSPS
fDATA = 200MSPS
fDATA = 160MSPS06
452-
044
Figure 47. AD9776A In-Band SFDR vs. fOUT, 2× Interpolation
Data Sheet AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
Rev. C | Page 23 of 55
–900 250
FOUT (MHz)
AC
LR (d
Bc)
–55
25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225
–60
–65
–70
–75
–80
–85
0645
2-04
5
FIRST ADJACENT CHANNEL
SECOND ADJACENTCHANNEL
THIRD ADJACENTCHANNEL
Figure 48. AD9776A ACLR vs. fOUT, fDATA = 122.88 MSPS, 4× Interpolation, fDAC/4 Modulation
SPAN 50MHzSWEEP 162.2ms (601 pts)VBW 300kHz
CENTER 143.88MHz*RES BW 30kHz
RMS RESULTSCARRIER POWER–12.67dBm/3.84000MHz
FREQ OFFSET5.000MHz10.00MHz15.00MHz
REF BW3.884MHz3.840MHz3.840MHz
dBc–75.00–78.05–77.73
dBm–87.67–90.73–90.41
LOWERdBc–75.30–77.99–77.50
dBm–87.97–90.66–90.17
UPPER
REF –25.29dBm*AVGlog10dB
PAVG10W1 S2
*ATTEN 4dB06
452-
046
Figure 49. AD9776A Single Carrier W-CDMA, 4× Interpolation, fDATA = 122.88 MSPS, Amplitude = −3 dBFS
–150
–1700 100
fOUT (MHz)
NSD
(dB
m/H
z)
–154
–158
–162
–166
20 40 60 80
fDAC = 800MSPS
fDAC = 400MSPS
fDAC = 200MSPS
10 30 50 70 90
0645
2-04
7
Figure 50. AD9776A Noise Spectral Density vs. fOUT, Eight-Tone Input with 500 kHz Spacing, fDATA = 200 MSPS
–150
–1700 100
fOUT (MHz)
NSD
(dB
m/H
z)
–154
–158
–162
–166
20 40 60 80
fDAC = 800MSPS
fDAC = 400MSPS
fDAC = 200MSPS
10 30 50 70 90
0645
2-04
8
Figure 51. AD9776A Noise Spectral Density vs. fOUT, Single-Tone Input at −6 dBFS, fDATA = 200 MSPS
AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A Data Sheet
Rev. C | Page 24 of 55
TERMINOLOGY Integral Nonlinearity (INL) INL is defined as the maximum deviation of the actual analog output from the ideal output, determined by a straight line drawn from zero scale to full scale.
Differential Nonlinearity (DNL) DNL is the measure of the variation in analog value, normalized to full scale, associated with a 1 LSB change in digital input code.
Monotonicity A DAC is monotonic if the output either increases or remains constant as the digital input increases.
Offset Error The deviation of the output current at Code 0 from the ideal of zero is called offset error. For IOUTA, 0 mA output is expected when the inputs are all 0s. For IOUTB, 0 mA output is expected when all inputs are set to 1s.
Gain Error Gain error is the difference between the actual and the ideal output spans. The actual span is determined by the difference between the full-scale output and the bottom-scale output.
Output Compliance Range Output compliance range is the range of allowable voltage at the output of a current-output DAC. Operation beyond the maximum compliance limits may cause either output stage saturation or breakdown, resulting in nonlinear performance.
Temperature Drift Temperature drift is specified as the maximum change from the ambient (25°C) value to the value at either TMIN or TMAX. For offset and gain drift, the drift is reported in ppm of full-scale range (FSR) per degree Celsius. For reference drift, the drift is reported in ppm per degree Celsius.
Power Supply Rejection (PSR) PSR is the maximum change in the full-scale output as the supplies are varied from minimum to maximum specified voltages.
Settling Time Settling time is the time required for the output to reach and remain within a specified error band around its final value, measured from the start of the output transition.
In-Band Spurious-Free Dynamic Range (SFDR) In-band SFDR is the difference, in decibels, between the peak amplitude of the output signal and the peak spurious signal between dc and the frequency equal to half the input data rate.
Out-of-Band Spurious-Free Dynamic Range (SFDR) Out-of-band SFDR is the difference, in decibels, between the peak amplitude of the output signal and the peak spurious signal within the band that starts at the frequency of the input data rate and ends at the Nyquist frequency of the DAC output sample rate. Normally, energy in this band is rejected by the interpolation filters. This specification, therefore, defines how well the inter-polation filters work and the effect of other parasitic coupling paths to the DAC output.
Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) THD is the ratio of the rms sum of the first six harmonic com-ponents to the rms value of the measured fundamental. It is expressed as a percentage or in decibels.
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) SNR is the ratio of the rms value of the measured output signal to the rms sum of all other spectral components below the Nyquist frequency, excluding the first six harmonics and dc. The value for SNR is expressed in decibels.
Interpolation Filter If the digital inputs to the DAC are sampled at a multiple rate of fDATA (interpolation rate), a digital filter can be constructed that has a sharp transition band near fDATA/2. Images that typically appear around fDAC (output data rate) can be greatly suppressed.
Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio (ACLR) ACLR is the ratio in dBc of the measured power within a channel relative to its adjacent channel.
Complex Image Rejection In a traditional two-part upconversion, two images are created around the second IF frequency. These images have the effect of wasting transmitter power and system bandwidth. By placing the real part of a second complex modulator in series with the first complex modulator, either the upper or lower frequency image near the second IF can be rejected.
Data Sheet AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
Rev. C | Page 25 of 55
THEORY OF OPERATION The AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A have many features that make them highly suited for wired and wireless communications systems. The dual digital signal path and dual DAC structure allow an easy interface with common quadrature modulators when designing single sideband transmitters. The speed and performance of the parts allow wider bandwidths and more carriers to be synthesized than in previously available DACs. The digital engine uses an innovative filter architecture that combines the interpolation with a digital quadrature modulator. This allows the parts to perform digital quadrature frequency upconversions. The on-chip synchronization circuitry enables multiple devices to be synchronized to each other, or to a system clock.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AD9776/AD9778/ AD9779 AND AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A REFCLK Maximum Frequency vs. Supply
With some restrictions on the DVDD18 and CVDD18 power supplies, the AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A support a maxi-mum sample rate of 1100 MHz. Table 2 lists the valid operating frequencies vs. power supply voltage.
REFCLK Amplitude
With a differential sinusoidal clock applied to REFCLK, the PLL on the AD9776/AD9778/AD9779 does not achieve optimal noise performance unless the REFCLK differential amplitude is increased to 2 V p-p. Note that if an LVPECL driver is used on the AD9776/AD9778/AD9779, the PLL exhibits optimal performance if the REFCLK amplitude is well within LVPECL specifications (<1.6 V p-p differential). The design of the PLL on the AD9779A has been improved so that even with a sinusoidal clock, the PLL still achieves optimal amplitude if the swing is 1.6 V p-p.
PLL Lock Ranges
The individual lock ranges for the AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A PLL are wider than those for the AD9776/AD9778/AD9779.
This means that the AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A PLL remains in lock in a given range over a wider temperature range than the AD9776/AD9778/AD9779. See Table 23 for PLL lock ranges for the AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A.
PLL Optimal Settings
The optimal settings for the AD9776/AD9778/AD9779 differ from the AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A. Refer to the PLL Bias Settings section for complete details.
Input Data Timing
See Table 28 for timing specifications vs. temperature. The input data timing specifications (setup and hold) are different for the AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A than they are for the AD9776/AD9778/AD9779.
DATACLK Delay Range
In the AD9776/AD9778/AD9779, the input data delay was controlled by Register 0x04, Bits[7:4]. At 25°C, the delay was stepped by approximately 180 ps/increment. In the AD9776A/ AD9778A/AD9779A, an extra bit has been added, which effectively doubles the delay range. This bit is now located at Register 0x01, Bit 1. The increment/step on the AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A remains at ~180 ps.
Version Register
The version register (Register 0x1F) of the AD9776A/AD9778A/ AD9779A reads a value of 0x07. The version register of the AD9776/AD9778/AD9779 reads a value of 0x03.
Table 10. Register Value Differences Between AD9776/AD9778/AD9779 and AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
Part No. PLL Loop Bandwidth, Register 0x0A, Bits[4:0]
PLL Bias, Register 0x09, Bits[2:0]
VCO Control Voltage, Register 0x0A, Bits[7:5]
PLL VCO Drive, Register 0x08, Bits[1:0]
AD9776/AD9778/AD9779 11111 111 010 00 AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A 01111 011 011 11
AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A Data Sheet
Rev. C | Page 26 of 55
3-WIRE INTERFACE The 3-wire port is a flexible, synchronous serial communications port allowing easy interface to many industry-standard micro-controllers and microprocessors. The port is compatible with most synchronous transfer formats, including both the Motorola SPI and Intel® SSR protocols.
The interface allows read and write access to all registers that configure the AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A. Single- or multiple-byte transfers are supported, as well as MSB-first or LSB-first transfer formats. Serial data input/output can be accomplished through a single bidirectional pin (SDIO) or through two unidirectional pins (SDIO/SDO).
The serial port configuration is controlled by Register 0x00, Bits[7:6]. It is important to note that any change made to the serial port configuration occurs immediately upon writing to the last bit of this byte. Therefore, it is possible with a multibyte transfer to write to this register and change the configuration in the middle of a communication cycle. Care must be taken to compensate for the new configuration within the remaining bytes of the current communication cycle.
Use of a single-byte transfer when changing the serial port configuration is recommended to prevent unexpected device behavior.
As described in this section, all serial port data is transferred to/from the device in synchronization with the SCLK pin. If synchronization is lost, the device has the ability to asynchro-nously terminate an I/O operation, putting the serial port controller into a known state and, thereby, regaining synchro-nization.
SDO
SPIPORT
66
SDIO 67
SCLK 68
CSB 69
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Figure 52. 3-Wire Interface Port
GENERAL OPERATION OF THE SERIAL INTERFACE There are two phases of a communication cycle with the AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A. Phase 1 is the instruction cycle (the writing of an instruction byte into the device), coinciding with the first eight SCLK rising edges. The instruction byte provides the serial port controller with information regarding the data transfer cycle, which is Phase 2 of the communication cycle. The Phase 1 instruction byte defines whether the upcoming data transfer is a read or write, the number of bytes in the data transfer, and the starting register address for the first byte of the data transfer. The first eight SCLK rising edges of each communication cycle are used to write the instruction byte into the device.
A logic high on the CSB pin followed by a logic low resets the 3-wire interface port timing to the initial state of the instruction cycle. From this state, the next eight rising SCLK edges represent the instruction bits of the current I/O operation, regardless of the state of the internal registers or the other signal levels at the inputs to the 3-wire interface port. If the 3-wire interface port is in an instruction cycle or a data transfer cycle, none of the present data is written.
The remaining SCLK edges are for Phase 2 of the communica-tion cycle. Phase 2 is the actual data transfer between the device and the system controller. Phase 2 of the communication cycle is a transfer of one, two, three, or four data bytes, as determined by the instruction byte. Using one multibyte transfer is preferred. Single-byte data transfers are useful in reducing CPU overhead when register access requires only one byte. Registers change immediately upon writing to the last bit of each transfer byte.
INSTRUCTION BYTE See Table 11 for information contained in the instruction byte.
Table 11. 3-Wire Interface Instruction Byte MSB LSB I7 I6 I5 I4 I3 I2 I1 I0 R/W N1 N0 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0
R/W, Bit 7 of the instruction byte, determines whether a read or a write data transfer occurs after the instruction byte write. Logic 1 indicates a read operation. Logic 0 indicates a write operation.
N1 and N0, Bit 6 and Bit 5 of the instruction byte, determine the number of bytes to be transferred during the data transfer cycle. The translation for the number of bytes to be transferred is listed in Table 12.
A4, A3, A2, A1, and A0—Bit 4, Bit 3, Bit 2, Bit 1, and Bit 0, respectively, of the instruction byte—determine the register that is accessed during the data transfer portion of the communication cycle. For multibyte transfers, this address is the starting byte address. The remaining register addresses are generated by the device, based on the LSB-first bit (Register 0x00, Bit 6).
Table 12. Byte Transfer Count N1 N0 Description 0 0 Transfer one byte 0 1 Transfer two bytes 1 0 Transfer three bytes 1 1 Transfer four bytes
Data Sheet AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
Rev. C | Page 27 of 55
SERIAL INTERFACE PORT PIN DESCRIPTIONS Serial Clock (SCLK)
The serial clock pin synchronizes data to and from the device and controls the internal state machines. The maximum frequency of SCLK is 40 MHz. All data input is registered on the rising edge of SCLK. All data is driven out on the falling edge of SCLK.
Chip Select (CSB)
Active low input starts and gates a communication cycle. It allows more than one device to be used on the same serial communication lines. The SDO and SDIO pins go to a high impedance state when this input is high. Chip select should stay low during the entire communication cycle.
Serial Data I/O (SDIO)
Data is always written into the device on this pin. However, this pin can be used as a bidirectional data line. The configuration of this pin is controlled by Register 0x00, Bit 7. The default is Logic 0, configuring the SDIO pin as unidirectional.
Serial Data Out (SDO)
Data is read from this pin for protocols that use separate lines for transmitting and receiving data. In the case where the device operates in a single bidirectional I/O mode, this pin does not output data and is set to a high impedance state.
MSB/LSB TRANSFERS The serial port can support both MSB-first and LSB-first data formats. This functionality is controlled by the LSB-/MSB-first register bit (Register 0x00, Bit 6). The default is MSB-first format (LSB/MSB first = 0).
When MSB-first format is selected (LSB/MSB first = 0), the instruction and data bit must be written from MSB to LSB. Multibyte data transfers in MSB-first format start with an instruction byte that includes the register address of the most significant data byte. Subsequent data bytes should follow from high address to low address. In MSB-first mode, the serial port internal byte address generator decrements for each data byte of the multibyte communication cycle.
When LSB/MSB first = 1 (LSB first) the instruction and data bit must be written from LSB to MSB. Multibyte data transfers in LSB-first format start with an instruction byte that includes the register address of the least significant data byte, followed by multiple data bytes. The serial port internal byte address genera-tor increments for each byte of the multibyte communication cycle.
The serial port controller data address decrements from the data address written toward 0x00 for multibyte I/O operations if the MSB-first format is active. The serial port controller address increments from the data address written toward 0x1F for multibyte I/O operations if the LSB-first format is active.
R/W N1 N0 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 D7 D6N D5N D00D10D20D30
D7 D6N D5N D00D10D20D30
INSTRUCTION CYCLE DATA TRANSFER CYCLE
CSB
SCLK
SDIO
SDO
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Figure 53. Serial Register Interface Timing, MSB First
A0 A1 A2 A3 A4 N0 N1 R/W D00 D10 D20 D7ND6ND5ND4N
D00 D10 D20 D7ND6ND5ND4N
INSTRUCTION CYCLE DATA TRANSFER CYCLE
CSB
SCLK
SDIO
SDO
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1
Figure 54. Serial Register Interface Timing, LSB First
INSTRUCTION BIT 6INSTRUCTION BIT 7
CSB
SCLK
SDIO
tDS
tDS tDH
tPWH tPWL
tSCLK
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Figure 55. Timing Diagram for 3-Wire Interface Register Write
DATA BIT n – 1DATA BIT n
CSB
SCLK
SDIOSDO
tDV06
452-
053
Figure 56. Timing Diagram for 3-Wire Interface Register Read
AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A Data Sheet
Rev. C | Page 28 of 55
3-WIRE INTERFACE REGISTER MAP Note that all unused register bits should be kept at the device default values.
Table 13. Register Name
Address
Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 Def. Hex Decimal Comm 0x00 00 SDIO
bidirectional LSB/MSB first
Software reset
Power-down mode
Auto power-down enable
PLL lock indicator (read only)
0x00
Digital Control
0x01 01 Interpolation Factor[1:0] Filter Modulation Mode[3:0] DATACLK Delay[4]
Zero stuffing enable
0x00
0x02 02 Data format Single port Real mode DATACLK delay enable
Inverse sinc enable
DATACLK invert
TxEnable invert
Q first 0x00
Sync Control
0x03 03 DATACLK delay mode
Reserved (set to 0)
DATACLK Divide[1:0] Data Timing Margin[3:0] 0x00
0x04 04 DATACLK Delay[3:0] SYNC_O Divide[2:0] SYNC_O Delay[4]
0x00
0x05 05 SYNC_O Delay[3:0] SYNC_I Ratio[2:0] SYNC_I Delay[4]
0x00
0x06 06 SYNC_I Delay[3:0] SYNC_I Timing Margin[3:0] 0x00
0x07 07 SYNC_I enable
SYNC_O enable
SYNC_O triggering edge
Clock State[4:0] 0x00
PLL Control
0x08 08 PLL Band Select[5:0] PLL VCO Drive[1:0] 0xE7
0x09 09 PLL enable PLL VCO Divide Ratio[1:0] PLL Loop Divide Ratio[1:0]
PLL Bias[2:0] 0x52
Misc. Control
0x0A 10 VCO Control Voltage[2:0] (read only) PLL Loop Bandwidth[4:0] 0x1F
I DAC Control
0x0B 11 I DAC Gain Adjustment[7:0] 0xF9
0x0C 12 I DAC sleep I DAC power-down
I DAC Gain Adjustment[9:8]
0x01
Aux DAC1 Control
0x0D 13 Auxiliary DAC1 Data[7:0] 0x00
0x0E 14 Auxiliary DAC1 sign
Auxiliary DAC1 current direction
Auxiliary DAC1 power-down
Auxiliary DAC1 Data[9:8]
0x00
Q DAC Control
0x0F 15 Q DAC Gain Adjustment[7:0] 0xF9
0x10 16 Q DAC sleep Q DAC power-down
Q DAC Gain Adjustment[9:8]
0x01
Aux DAC2 Control
0x11 17 Auxiliary DAC2 Data[7:0] 0x00 0x12 18 Auxiliary
DAC2 sign Auxiliary DAC2 current direction
Auxiliary DAC2 power-down
Auxiliary DAC2 Data[9:8]
0x00
0x13 to 0x18
19 to 24 Reserved
Interrupt 0x19 25 Data timing error IRQ
Sync timing error IRQ
Data timing error type
Data timing error IRQ enable
Sync timing error IRQ enable
Internal sync loopback
0x00
Version 0x1F 31 Version[7:0] 0x07
Data Sheet AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
Rev. C | Page 29 of 55
Table 14. 3-Wire Interface Register Description Register
Address Bits
Register Name Parameter Function Default Comm 0x00 7 SDIO bidirectional 0: use SDIO pin as input data only. 0
1: use SDIO as both input and output data. 0x00 6 LSB/MSB first 0: first bit of serial data is MSB of data byte. 0 1: first bit of serial data is LSB of data byte. 0x00 5 Software reset Bit must be written with a 1 and then 0 to soft reset
the 3-wire interface register map. 0
0x00 4 Power-down mode 0: all circuitry is active. 1: disable all digital and analog circuitry, only 3-wire interface port is active. 0x00 3 Auto power-down enable Controls auto power-down mode. See the Power-
Down and Sleep Modes section. 0
0x00 1 PLL lock indicator (read only) 0: PLL is not locked. 1: PLL is locked.
Digital Control 0x01 7:6 Interpolation Factor[1:0] 00: 1× interpolation. 00 01: 2× interpolation 10: 4× interpolation. 11: 8× interpolation. 0x01 5:2 Filter Modulation Mode[3:0] See Table 19 for filter modes. 0000 0x01 1 DATACLK Delay[4] Sets MSB of delay of REFCLK input to DATACLK
output. 0
0x01 0 Zero stuffing enable 0: zero stuffing off. 0 1: zero stuffing on. 0x02 7 Data format 0: twos compliment. 0 1: unsigned binary. 0x02 6 Single port 0: both P1D and P2D data ports enabled. 0 1: data for both DACs received on P1D data port. 0x02 5 Real mode 0: enable Q path for signal processing. 0 1: disable Q path data (internal Q channel clocks
disabled, I and Q modulators disabled).
0x02 4 DATACLK delay enable Enables the DATACLK delay feature. More details on this feature are shown in the Optimizing the Data Input Timing section.
0x02 3 Inverse sinc enable 0: inverse sinc filter disabled. 0 1: inverse sinc filter enabled. 0x02 2 DATACLK invert 0: output DATACLK same phase as internal data
sampling clock, DCLK_SMP signal. 0
1: output DATACLK opposite phase as internal data sampling clock, DCLK_SMP signal.
0x02 1 TxEnable invert Inverts the polarity of Pin 39, the TXENABLE input pin (also functions as IQSELECT).
0
0x02 0 Q first 0: in interleaved mode, the I data precedes the Q data on the input port.
1: in interleaved mode, the Q data precedes the I data on the input port.
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Register Address Bits
Register Name Parameter Function Default Sync Control 0x03 7 Reserved Should always be set to 0. 0
0x03 6 Reserved Should always be set to 1. 0 0x03 5:4 DATACLK Divide[1:0] DATACLK output divider value.
00: divide by 1. 00
01: divide by 2. 10: divide by 4. 11: divide by 1. 0x03 3:0 Data Timing Margin[3:0] Sets the timing margin required to prevent the
data timing error IRQ bit from being asserted. 0000
0x04 7:4 DATACLK Delay[3:0] Sets delay of REFCLK input to DATACLK output (see Table 29 for details).
0000
0x04 3:1 SYNC_O Divide[2:0] The frequency of the SYNC_O signal is equal to fDAC/N, where N is set as follows:
000
000: N = 32. 001: N = 16. 010: N = 8. 011: N = 4. 100: N = 2. 101: N = 1. 110: N = undefined. 111: N = undefined. 0x04 0 SYNC_O Delay[4] The SYNC_O Delay[4:0] value programs the value
of the delay line of the SYNC_O signal. The delay of SYNC_O is relative to REFCLK. The delay line resolution is 80 ps per step.
0 0x05 7:4 SYNC_O Delay[3:0] 0000
00000: nominal delay. 00001: adds 80 ps delay to SYNC_O. 00010: adds 160 ps delay to SYNC_O. … 11111: Adds 2480 ps delay to SYNC_O. 0x05 3:1 SYNC_I Ratio[2:0] This value controls the number of SYNC_I input
pulses required to generate a synchronization pulse (see Table 30 for details).
000
0x05 0 SYNC_I Delay[4] The SYNC_I Delay[4:0] value programs the value of the delay line of the SYNC_I signal. The delay line resolution is 80 ps per step.
0 0x06 7:4 SYNC_I Delay[3:0] 0000
00000: nominal delay. 00001: adds 80 ps delay to SYNC_I. 00010: adds 160 ps delay to SYNC_I. … 11111: adds 2480 ps delay to SYNC_I. 0x06 3:0 SYNC_I Timing Margin[3:0] 0000 0x07 7 SYNC_I enable 1: enables the SYNC_I input. 0 0x07 6 SYNC_O enable 1: enables the SYNC_O output. 0 0x07 5 SYNC_O triggering edge 0: SYNC_O changes on REFCLK falling edge. 0 1: SYNC_O changes on REFCLK rising edge. 0x07 4:0 Clock State[4:0] This value determines the state of the internal
clock generation state machine upon synchronization.
0
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Register Address Bits
Register Name Parameter Function Default PLL Control 0x08 7:2 PLL Band Select[5:0] This sets the operating frequency range of the
VCO. For details (see Table 23). 111001
0x08 1:0 PLL VCO Drive[1:0] Controls the signal strength of the VCO output. Set to 11 for optimal performance.
11
0x09 7 PLL enable 0: PLL off, DAC sample clock is sourced directly by the REFCLK input.
0
1: PLL on, DAC clock synthesized internally from REFCLK input via PLL clock multiplier.
0x09 6:5 PLL VCO Divide Ratio[1:0] Sets the value of the VCO output divider, which determines the ratio of the VCO output frequency to the DAC sample clock frequency, fVCO/fDACCLK.
10
00: fVCO/fDACCLK = 1. 01: fVCO/fDACCLK = 2. 10: fVCO/fDACCLK = 4. 11: fVCO/fDACCLK = 8. 0x09 4:3 PLL Loop Divide Ratio[1:0] Sets the value of the DACCLK divider, which
determines the ratio of the DAC sample clock frequency to the REFCLK frequency, fDACCLK/fREFCLK.
10
00: fDACCLK/fREFCLK = 2. 01: fDACCLK/fREFCLK = 4. 10: fDACCLK/fREFCLK = 8. 11: fDACCLK/fREFCLK = 16. 0x09 2:0 PLL Bias[2:0] Controls VCO bias current. Set to 011 for optimal
performance. 010
Misc. Control 0x0A 7:5 VCO Control Voltage[2:0] (read only)
000 to 111, proportional to voltage at VCO control voltage input, readback only. A value of 011 indicates the VCO centered in its frequency range.
000
0x0A 4:0 PLL Loop Bandwidth[4:0] Controls the bandwidth of the PLL filter. Increasing the value lowers the loop bandwidth. Set to 01111 for optimal performance.
11111
I DAC Control 0x0C 1:0 I DAC Gain Adjustment[9:8] The I DAC Gain Adjustment[9:0] value is the I DAC 10-bit gain setting word. Bit 9 is the MSB and Bit 0 is the LSB.
01 0x0B 7:0 I DAC Gain Adjustment[7:0] 11111001
0x0C 7 I DAC sleep 0: I DAC on. 0 1: I DAC off, but reference remains powered. 0x0C 6 I DAC power-down 0: I DAC on. 0 1: I DAC off.
Aux DAC1 Control 0x0E 1:0 Auxiliary DAC1 Data[9:8] The auxiliary DAC 1 Data [9:0] value is the Aux DAC1 10-bit output current control word. Magnitude of the auxiliary DAC current increases with increasing value. Bit 9 is the MSB and Bit 0 is the LSB.
00 0x0D 7:0 Auxiliary DAC1 Data[7:0] 00000000
0x0E 7 Auxiliary DAC1 sign 0: AUX1_P active. 0 1: AUX1_N active. 0x0E 6 Auxiliary DAC1 current direction 0: source. 0 1: sink. 0x0E 5 Auxiliary DAC1 power-down 0: auxiliary DAC1 on. 0 1: auxiliary DAC1 off.
Q DAC Control 0x10 1:0 Q DAC Gain Adjustment[9:8] The Q DAC Gain Adjustment[9:0] value is the Q DAC 10-bit gain setting word. Bit 9 is the MSB and Bit 0 is the LSB.
01 0x0F 7:0 Q DAC Gain Adjustment[7:0] 11111001
0x10 7 Q DAC sleep 0: Q DAC on. 0 1: Q DAC off. 0x10 6 Q DAC power-down 0: Q DAC on. 0 1: Q DAC off.
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Register Address Bits
Register Name Parameter Function Default AUX DAC2 Control 0x12 1:0 Auxiliary DAC2 Data[9:8] Auxiliary DAC2 Data[9:0] is the 10-bit output
current control word. Magnitude of the auxiliary DAC current increases with increasing value. Bit 9 is the MSB and Bit 0 is the LSB.
00 0x11 7:0 Auxiliary DAC2 Data[7:0] 00000000
0x12 7 Auxiliary DAC2 sign 0: AUX2_P active. 0 1: AUX2_N active. 0x12 6 Auxiliary DAC2 current direction 0: source. 0 1: sink. 0x12 5 Auxiliary DAC2 power-down 0: auxiliary DAC2 on. 0 1: auxiliary DAC2 off. 0x13 to 0x18
Reserved
Interrupt 0x19 7 Data timing error IRQ Read only. Active high indicates a timing violation occurred on the input data port. The IRQ is latched. This bit is cleared when the Interrupt register is read.
0
0x19 6 Sync timing error IRQ Read only. Active high indicates a timing violation occurred on the SYNC_I input. The IRQ is latched. This bit is cleared when the Interrupt register is read.
0
0x19 4 Data timing error type Read only. Indicates the timing error type. 0 0: hold time violation. 1: setup time violation. Meaningful when data timing error IRQ is active. 0x19 3 Data timing error IRQ enable 0: data timing error IRQ is masked. 0 1: data timing error IRQ is enabled. 0x19 2 Sync timing error IRQ enable 0: sync timing error IRQ is masked. 0 1: sync timing error IRQ is enabled. 0x19 0 Internal sync loopback The received SYNC_O signal is looped back to the
SYNC_I signal. 0
Version 0x1F 7:0 Version[7:0] Indicates device hardware revision number. 00000111
Data Sheet AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
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INTERPOLATION FILTER ARCHITECTURE The AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A can provide up to 8× inter-polation, or the interpolation filters can be entirely disabled. It is important to note that the input signal should be backed off by approximately 0.01 dB from full scale to avoid overflowing the interpolation filters. The coefficients of the low-pass filters and the inverse sinc filter are given in Table 15, Table 16, Table 17, and Table 18. Spectral plots for the filter responses are shown in Figure 57, Figure 58, and Figure 59.
Table 15. Low-Pass Filter 1 Lower Coefficient Upper Coefficient Integer Value H(1) H(55) −4 H(2) H(54) 0 H(3) H(53) +13 H(4) H(52) 0 H(5) H(51) −34 H(6) H(50) 0 H(7) H(49) +72 H(8) H(48) 0 H(9) H(47) −138 H(10) H(46) 0 H(11) H(45) +245 H(12) H(44) 0 H(13) H(43) −408 H(14) H(42) 0 H(15) H(41) +650 H(16) H(40) 0 H(17) H(39) −1003 H(18) H(38) 0 H(19) H(37) +1521 H(20) H(36) 0 H(21) H(35) −2315 H(22) H(34) 0 H(23) H(33) +3671 H(24) H(32) 0 H(25) H(31) −6642 H(26) H(30) 0 H(27) H(29) +20,755 H(28) +32,768
Table 16. Low-Pass Filter 2 Lower Coefficient Upper Coefficient Integer Value H(1) H(23) −2 H(2) H(22) 0 H(3) H(21) +17 H(4) H(20) 0 H(5) H(19) −75 H(6) H(18) 0 H(7) H(17) +238 H(8) H(16) 0 H(9) H(15) −660 H(10) H(14) 0 H(11) H(13) +2530 H(12) +4096
Table 17. Low-Pass Filter 3 Lower Coefficient Upper Coefficient Integer Value H(1) H(15) −39 H(2) H(14) 0 H(3) H(13) +273 H(4) H(12) 0 H(5) H(11) −1102 H(6) H(10) 0 H(7) H(9) +4964 H(8) +8192
Table 18. Inverse Sinc Filter Lower Coefficient Upper Coefficient Integer Value H(1) H(9) +2 H(2) H(8) −4 H(3) H(7) +10 H(4) H(6) −35 H(5) +401
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Figure 57. 2× Interpolation, Low-Pass Response to ±4× Input Data Rate
(Dotted Lines Indicate 1 dB Roll-Off)
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Figure 58. 4× Interpolation, Low-Pass Response to ±4× Input Data Rate
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Figure 59. 8× Interpolation, Low-Pass Response to ±4× Input Data Rate
(Dotted Lines Indicate 1 dB Roll-Off)
With the interpolation filter and modulator combined, the incoming signal can be placed anywhere within the Nyquist region of the DAC output sample rate. When the input signal is complex, this architecture allows modulation of the input signal to positive or negative Nyquist regions (see Table 19).
The Nyquist regions of up to 4× the input data rate can be seen in Figure 60.
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Figure 60. Nyquist Zones
Figure 57, Figure 58, and Figure 59 show the low-pass response of the digital filters with no modulation. By turning on the modu-lation feature, the response of the digital filters can be tuned to anywhere within the DAC bandwidth. As an example, Figure 61 to Figure 67 show the nonshifted mode filter responses for 8× interpolation (refer to Table 19 for shifted/nonshifted mode filter responses).
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Figure 61. Interpolation/Modulation Combination of 4fDAC/8 Filter
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Figure 62. Interpolation/Modulation Combination of −3fDAC/8 Filter
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Figure 63. Interpolation/Modulation Combination of −2fDAC/8 Filter
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Figure 64. Interpolation/Modulation Combination of −fDAC/8 Filter
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Figure 65. Interpolation/Modulation Combination of fDAC/8 Filter
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Figure 66. Interpolation/Modulation Combination of 2fDAC/8 Filter
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Figure 67. Interpolation/Modulation Combination of 3fDAC/8 Filter
Shifted mode filter responses allow the pass band to be centered around ±0.5 fDATA, ±1.5 fDATA, ±2.5 fDATA, and ±3.5 fDATA. Switching to the shifted mode response does not affect the center frequency of the signal. Instead, the pass band of the filter is simply shifted. For example, use the response shown in Figure 67 and assume the signal in-band is a complex signal over the bandwidth 3.2 fDATA to 3.3 fDATA. If the shifted mode filter response is then selected, the pass band becomes centered at 3.5 fDATA. However, the signal remains at the same place in the spectrum. The shifted mode capability allows the filter pass band to be placed anywhere in the DAC Nyquist bandwidth.
The AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A are dual DACs with internal complex modulators built into the interpolating filter response. In dual channel mode, the devices expect the real and imaginary components of a complex signal at Digital Input Port 1 and Digital Input Port 2 (I and Q, respectively). The DAC outputs then represent the real and imaginary components of the input signal, modulated by the complex carrier (fDAC/2, fDAC/4, or fDAC/8).
With Register 0x02, Bit 6, set, the device accepts interleaved data on Port 1 in the I, Q, I, Q … sequence. Note that in interleaved mode, the channel data rate at the beginning of the I and Q data paths is now half the input data rate because of the interleaving. The maximum input data rate is still subject to the maximum specification of the device. This limits the synthesis bandwidth available at the input in interleaved mode.
With Register 0x02, Bit 5 (the real mode bit), set, the Q channel and the internal I and Q digital modulation are turned off. The output spectrum at the I DAC then represents the signal at Digital Input Port 1, interpolated by 1×, 2×, 4×, or 8×.
The general recommendation is that if the desired signal is within ±0.4 × fDATA, use the nonshifted filter mode. Outside of this, the shifted filter mode should be used. In any situation, the total bandwidth of the signal is less than 0.8 × fDATA.
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Table 19. Interpolation Filter Modes, (Register 0x01, Bits[5:2])
Interpolation Factor[7:6]
Filter Modulation Mode[5:2] Modulation
Nyquist Zone Pass Band
Frequency Normalized to fDAC Comments Low Center High
8 0x00 DC 0 −0.05 0 +0.05 In 8× interpolation; BW (min) = 0.0375 × fDAC BW (max) = 0.1 × fDAC
8 0x01 DC shifted +1 +0.0125 +0.0625 +0.1125 8 0x02 fDAC/8 +2 +0.075 +0.125 +0.175 8 0x03 fDAC/8 shifted +3 +0.1375 +0.1875 +0.2375 8 0x04 fDAC/4 +4 +0.2 +0.25 +0.3 8 0x05 fDAC/4 shifted +5 +0.2625 +0.3125 +0.3625 8 0x06 3fDAC/8 +6 +0.325 +0.375 +0.425 8 0x07 3fDAC/8 shifted +7 +0.3875 +0.4375 +0.4875 8 0x08 fDAC/2 ±8 −0.55 −0.5 −0.45 8 0x09 fDAC/2 shifted −7 −0.4875 −0.4375 −0.3875 8 0x0A −3fDAC/8 −6 −0.425 −0.375 −0.343 8 0x0B −3fDAC/8 shifted −5 −0.3625 −0.3125 −0.2625 8 0x0C −fDAC/4 −4 −0.3 −0.25 −0.2 8 0x0D −fDAC/4 shifted −3 −0.2375 −0.1875 −0.1375 8 0x0E −fDAC/8 −2 −0.175 −0.125 −0.075 8 0x0F −fDAC/8 shifted −1 −0.1125 −0.0625 −0.0125 4 0x00 DC 0 −0.1 0 +0.1 In 4× interpolation;
BW (min) = 0.075 × fDAC BW (max) = 0.2 × fDAC
4 0x01 DC shifted +1 +0.025 +0.125 +0.225 4 0x02 fDAC/4 +2 +0.15 +0.25 +0.35 4 0x03 fDAC/4 shifted +3 +0.275 +0.375 +0.475 4 0x04 fDAC/2 ±4 −0.6 −0.5 −0.4 4 0x05 fDAC/2 shifted −3 −0.475 −0.375 −0.275 4 0x06 −fDAC/4 −2 −0.35 −0.25 −0.15 4 0x07 −fDAC/4 shifted −1 −0.225 −0.125 −0.025 2 0x00 DC 0 −0.2 0 +0.2 In 2× interpolation;
BW (min) = 0.15 × fDAC BW (max) = 0.4 × fDAC
2 0x01 DC shifted +1 +0.05 +0.25 +0.45 2 0x02 fDAC/2 ±2 −0.7 −0.5 −0.3 2 0x03 fDAC/2 shifted −1 −0.45 −0.25 −0.05
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INTERPOLATION FILTER BANDWIDTH LIMITS The AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A use a novel interpolation filter architecture that allows DAC IF frequencies to be gener-ated anywhere in the spectrum. Figure 68 shows the traditional choice of DAC IF output bandwidth placement. Note that there are no possible filter modes in which the carrier can be placed near 0.5 × fDATA, 1.5 × fDATA, 2.5 × fDATA, and so on.
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Figure 68. Traditional Bandwidth Options for TxDAC Output IF
The filter architecture not only allows the interpolation filter pass bands to be centered in the middle of the input Nyquist zones (as explained in this section), but also allows the possi-bility of a 3 × fDAC/8 modulation mode when interpolating by 8. With all of these filter combinations, a carrier of given bandwidth can be placed anywhere in the spectrum and fall into a possible pass band of the interpolation filters. The possible bandwidths accessible with the filter architecture are shown in Figure 69 and Figure 70. Note that the shifted and nonshifted filter modes are all accessible by programming the filter mode for a particular interpolation rate.
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Figure 69. Nonshifted Bandwidths Accessible with the Filter Architecture
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Figure 70. Shifted Bandwidths Accessible with the Filter Architecture
With this filter architecture, a signal placed anywhere in the spectrum is possible. However, the signal bandwidth is limited by the input sample rate of the DAC and the specific placement of the carrier in the spectrum. The bandwidth restriction resulting from the combination of filter response and input sample rate is often referred to as the synthesis bandwidth, because this is the largest bandwidth that the DAC can synthesize.
The maximum bandwidth condition exists if the carrier is placed directly in the center of one of the filter pass bands. In this case, the total 0.1 dB bandwidth of the interpolation filters is equal to 0.8 × fDATA. As Table 19 shows, the synthesis band-width as a fraction of the DAC output sample rate drops by a factor of 2 for every doubling of interpolation rate. The mini-mum bandwidth condition exists, for example, if a carrier is placed at 0.25 × fDATA. In this situation, if the nonshifted filter response is enabled, the high end of the filter response cuts off at 0.4 × fDATA, thus limiting the high end of the signal bandwidth. If the shifted filter response is instead enabled, then the low end of the filter response cuts off at 0.1 × fDATA, thus limiting the low end of the signal bandwidth. The minimum bandwidth speci-fication that applies for a carrier at 0.25 × fDATA is therefore 0.3 × fDATA. The minimum bandwidth behavior is repeated over the spectrum for carriers placed at (±n ± 0.25) × fDATA, where n is any integer.
Digital Modulation
The digital quadrature modulation occurs within the interpolation filter. The modulation shifts the frequency spectrum of the incoming data by the frequency offset selected. The frequency offsets available are multiples of the input data rate. The modulation is equivalent to multiplying the quadrature input signal by a complex carrier signal, C(t), of the following form:
C(t) = cos(ωct) + j sin(ωct)
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As shown in Table 20, the mixing functions of most of the modes result in cross-coupling of samples between the I and Q channels. The I and Q channels only operate independently with the fS/2 mode. This means that real modulation using both the I and Q DAC outputs can only be done in the fS/2 mode. All other modulation modes require complex input data and produce complex output signals.
Table 20. Modulation Mixing Sequences Modulation Mixing Sequence fDAC/2 I = I, −I, I, −I, …
Q = Q, −Q, Q, −Q, … fDAC/4 I = I, Q, −I, −Q, …
Q = Q, −I, −Q, I, … −fDAC/4 I = I, −Q, −I, Q, …
Q = Q, I, −Q, −I, … fDAC/8 I = I, r(I + Q), Q, r(−I + Q), −I, −r(I + Q), −Q, r(I − Q),
… Q = Q, r(Q − I), −I, −r(Q + I), −Q, r(−Q + I), I, r(Q + I), … where r = √2/2
INVERSE SINC FILTER The inverse sinc filter is implemented as a nine-tap FIR filter. It is designed to provide less than ±0.05 dB pass-band ripple up to a frequency of 0.4 × fDATA. To provide the necessary gain at the upper end of the pass band, the inverse sinc filter has an intrinsic insertion loss of 3.4 dB. The transfer function is shown in Figure 71 and the tap coefficients are given in Table 21.
Table 21. Inverse Sinc Filter Lower Coefficient Upper Coefficient Integer Value H(1) H(9) +2 H(2) H(8) −4 H(3) H(7) +10 H(4) H(6) −35 H(5) N/A +401
The inverse sinc filter is disabled by default. It can be enabled by setting the inverse sinc enable bit (Bit 3) in Register 0x02.
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Figure 71. Transfer Function of Inverse Sinc Filter with the DAC sin(x)/x Output
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SOURCING THE DAC SAMPLE CLOCK The AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A offer two modes of sourcing the DAC sample clock (DACCLK). The first mode employs an on-chip clock multiplier that accepts a reference clock operating at the lower input frequency, most commonly the data input frequency. The on-chip PLL then multiplies the reference clock up to a higher frequency, which can then be used to generate all of the internal clocks required by the DAC. The clock multiplier provides a high quality clock that meets the performance require-ments of most applications. Using the on-chip clock multiplier removes the burden of generating and distributing the high speed DACCLK at the board level. The second mode bypasses the clock multiplier circuitry and allows DACCLK to be directly sourced through the REFCLK pins. This mode enables the user to source a very high quality input clock directly to the DAC core. Sourcing the DACCLK directly through the REFCLK pins may be necessary in demanding applications that require the lowest possible DAC output noise at higher output frequencies.
In either case (that is, using the on-chip clock multiplier or sourcing the DACCLK directly though the REFCLK pins), it is necessary that the REFCLK signal have low jitter to maximize the DAC noise performance.
DIRECT CLOCKING When the PLL is disabled (Register 0x09, Bit 7 = 0), the REFCLK input is used directly as the DAC sample clock (DACCLK). The frequency of REFCLK needs to be the input data rate multiplied by the interpolation factor (and by an additional factor of 2 if zero stuffing is enabled).
CLOCK MULTIPLICATION When the PLL is enabled (Register 0x09, Bit 7 = 1), the clock multiplication circuit generates the DAC sample clock from the lower rate REFCLK input. The functional diagram of the clock multiplier is shown in Figure 72.
ADC
PHASEDETECTOR VCOLOOP
FILTER
PIN 65 AND0x00[1]
PLL LOCKDETECT
REFCLK(PIN 5,PIN 6)
0x0A[7:5]PLL CONTROLVOLTAGE
0x09[7]PLL ENABLE
DACCLK
DATACLK OUT(PIN 37)
0x01[7:6]INTERPOLATION
FACTOR
0x09[6:5]PLL VCODIVISOR
0x09[4:3]PLL LOOPDIVISOR
÷IF
÷N2 ÷N1
0x08[7:2]VCO BANDSELECT
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Figure 72. Clock Multiplier Circuit
The clock multiplier circuit operates such that the VCO outputs a frequency, fVCO, equal to the REFCLK input signal frequency multiplied by N1 × N2.
)( N2N1ff REFCLKVCO
The DAC sample clock frequency, fDACCLK, is equal to
N2ff REFCLKDACCLK
When the PLL is enabled, the maximum input clock frequency fREFCLK is 250 MHz. The values of N1 and N2 must be chosen to keep fVCO in the optimal operating range of 1.0 GHz to 2.0 GHz. Once the VCO output frequency is known, the correct PLL band select (Register 0x08, Bits[7:2]) value can be chosen.
PLL Bias Settings
There are three bias settings for the PLL circuitry that should be programmed to their nominal values. The PLL values shown in Table 22 are the recommended settings for these parameters.
Table 22. PLL Settings
PLL 3-Wire Interface Control
Address Optimal Setting Register Bits
PLL Loop Bandwidth 0x0A [4:0] 01111 PLL VCO Drive 0x08 [1:0] 11 PLL Bias 0x09 [2:0] 011
The PLL loop bandwidth variable configures the bandwidth of the PLL loop filter. A setting of 00000 configures the bandwidth to be approximately 1 MHz. A setting of 11111 configures the bandwidth to be approximately 10 MHz. The optimal value of 01111 sets the loop bandwidth to be approximately 3 MHz.
Configuring the PLL Band Select Value
The PLL VCO has a valid operating range from approximately 1.0 GHz to 2.0 GHz. This range is covered in 63 overlapping frequency bands, as shown in Table 23. For any desired VCO output frequency, there are multiple valid PLL band select values. It is important to note that the data shown in Table 23 is for a typical device. Device-to-device variations can shift the actual VCO output frequency range by 30 MHz to 40 MHz. In addition, the VCO output frequency varies as a function of temperature. Therefore, it is required that the optimal PLL band select value be determined for each individual device at a particular operating temperature.
The device has an automatic PLL band select feature on chip. When this feature is enabled, the device determines the optimal PLL band setting for the device at the given temperature. This setting holds for a ±60°C temperature swing in ambient tem-perature. If the device is operated in an environment that experiences a larger temperature swing, an offset should be applied to the automatically selected PLL band.
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Table 23. Typical VCO Frequency Range vs. PLL Band Select Value PLL Lock Ranges Over Temperature, −40°C to +85°C
PLL Band Select VCO Frequency Range (MHz)
fLOW fHIGH 111111 (63) Auto mode 111110 (62) 1975 2026 111101 (61) 1956 2008 111100 (60) 1938 1992 111011 (59) 1923 1977 111010 (58) 1902 1961 111001 (57) 1883 1942 111000 (56) 1870 1931 110111 (55) 1848 1915 110110 (54) 1830 1897 110101 (53) 1822 1885 110100 (52) 1794 1869 110011 (51) 1779 1853 110010 (50) 1774 1840 110001 (49) 1748 1825 110000 (48) 1729 1810 101111 (47) 1730 1794 101110 (46) 1699 1780 101101 (45) 1685 1766 101100 (44) 1684 1748 101011 (43) 1651 1729 101010 (42) 1640 1702 101001 (41) 1604 1681 101000 (40) 1596 1658 100111 (39) 1564 1639 100110 (38) 1555 1606 100101 (37) 1521 1600 100100 (36) 1514 1575 100011 (35) 1480 1553 100010 (34) 1475 1529 100001 (33) 1439 1505 100000 (32) 1435 1489
PLL Lock Ranges Over Temperature, −40°C to +85°C
PLL Band Select VCO Frequency Range (MHz)
fLOW fHIGH 011111 (31) 1402 1468 011110 (30) 1397 1451 011101 (29) 1361 1427 011100 (28) 1356 1412 011011 (27) 1324 1389 011010 (26) 1317 1375 011001 (25) 1287 1352 011000 (24) 1282 1336 010111 (23) 1250 1313 010110 (22) 1245 1299 010101 (21) 1215 1277 010100 (20) 1210 1264 010011 (19) 1182 1242 010010 (18) 1174 1231 010001 (17) 1149 1210 010000 (16) 1141 1198 001111 (15) 1115 1178 001110 (14) 1109 1166 001101 (13) 1086 1145 001100 (12) 1078 1135 001011 (11) 1055 1106 001010 (10) 1047 1103 001001 (9) 1026 1067 001000 (8) 1019 1072 000111 (7) 998 1049 000110 (6) 991 1041 000101 (5) 976 1026 000100 (4) 963 1011 000011 (3) 950 996 000010 (2) 935 981 000001 (1) 922 966 000000 (0) 911 951
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Configuring PLL Band Select with Temperature Sensing
The following procedure outlines a method for setting the PLL band select value for a device operating at a particular temperature that holds for a change in ambient temperature over the total −40°C to +85°C operating range of the device without further user intervention. Note that REFCLK must be applied to the device during this procedure.
1. Program the values of N1 (Register 0x09, Bits[6:5]) and N2 (Register 0x09, Bits[4:3]), along with the PLL settings shown in Table 22.
2. Set the PLL band (Register 0x08, Bits[7:2]) to 63 to enable PLL auto mode.
3. Wait for the PLL_LOCK pin or the PLL lock indicator (Register 0x00, Bit 1) to go high. This should occur within 5 ms.
4. Read back the 6-bit PLL band (Register 0x08, Bits[7:2]). 5. Based on the temperature when the PLL auto band select is
performed, set the PLL band indicated in either Table 24 or Table 25 by rewriting the readback values into the PLL Band Select parameter (Register 0x08, Bits[7:2]).
This procedure requires temperature sensing upon start-up or reset of the device to optimally choose the PLL band select value that holds over the entire operating temperature range. If the optimal band is in the range of 0 to 31 (lower VCO frequency), refer to Table 24.
Table 24. Setting Optimal PLL Band, When Band Is in the Lower Range (0 to 31) If System Startup Temperature Is Set PLL Band as Follows −40°C to −10°C Set PLL band = readback band + 2 −10°C to +15°C Set PLL band = readback band + 1 15°C to 55°C Set PLL band = readback band 55°C to 85°C Set PLL band = readback band − 1
If the optimal band is in the range of 32 to 62 (higher VCO frequency), refer to Table 25.
Table 25. Setting Optimal PLL Band, When Band Is in the Higher Range (32 to 62) If System Startup Temperature Is Set PLL Band as Follows −40°C to −30°C Set PLL band = readback band + 3 −30°C to −10°C Set PLL band = readback band + 2 −10°C to +15°C Set PLL band = readback band + 1 15°C to 55°C Set PLL band = readback band 55°C to 85°C Set PLL band = readback band − 1
Known Temperature Calibration with Memory
If temperature sensing is not available in the system, a factory calibration at a known temperature is another method for guaranteeing lock over temperature. Factory calibration can be performed as follows:
1. Program the values of N1 (Register 0x09, Bits[6:5]) and N2 (Register 0x09, Bits[4:3]), along with the PLL settings shown in Table 22.
2. Set the PLL band (Register 0x08, Bits[7:2]) to 63 to enable PLL auto mode.
3. Wait for the PLL_LOCK pin or the PLL lock indicator (Register 0x00, Bit 1) to go high. This should occur within 5 ms.
4. Read back the 6-bit PLL band (Register 0x08, Bits[7:2]). 5. Based on the temperature when the PLL auto band select is
performed, store into nonvolatile memory the PLL band indicated in either Table 24 or Table 25. On system power-up or restart, load the stored PLL band value into the PLL band select parameter (Register 0x08, Bits[7:2]).
Set-and-Forget Device Option
If the PLL band select configuration methods described in the previous sections cannot be implemented in a particular system, there may be a screened device option that can satisfy the system requirements. This allows the user to preload a specific PLL band select value for all devices that holds over temperature. Example REFCLK and VCO frequencies are shown in Table 26.
Table 26. Typical VCO Frequency Range vs. PLL Band Select Value
fREFCLK (MHz) fVCO (MHz) Guaranteed PLL Band
Total PLL Divide Ratio
59.73335 955.7336 2 16 61.44 1966.08 61 32 67.2 1075.2 11 16 76.8 1228.8 20 16 80.01 1280 23 16 81.92 1310.72 25 16 92.16 1474.56 34 16 112.0 1792.0 50 16 119.4667 955.7336 2 8 122.88 1966.08 61 16
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DRIVING THE REFCLK INPUT The REFCLK input requires a low jitter differential drive signal. The signal level can range from 400 mV p-p differential to 1.6 V p-p differential centered about a 400 mV input common-mode voltage. Looking at the single-ended inputs, REFCLK+ or REFCLK−, each input pin can safely swing from 200 mV p-p to 800 mV p-p about the 400 mV common-mode voltage. Although these input levels are not directly LVDS compatible, REFCLK can be driven by an offset ac-coupled LVDS signal, as shown in Figure 73.
LVDS_P_IN REFCLK+
50Ω
50Ω
0.1µF
0.1µFLVDS_N_IN REFCLK–
VCM = 400mV
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Figure 73. LVDS REFCLK Drive Circuit
If a clean sine clock is available, it can be transformer-coupled to REFCLK, as shown in Figure 73. Use of a CMOS or TTL clock is also acceptable for lower sample rates. It can be routed through a CMOS to LVDS translator, and then ac-coupled as described in this section. Alternatively, it can be transformer-coupled and clamped, as shown in Figure 74.
50Ω
50Ω
TTL OR CMOSCLK INPUT REFCLK+
REFCLK–
VCM = 400mV
BAV99ZXCTHIGH SPEEDDUAL DIODE
0.1µF
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Figure 74. TTL or CMOS REFCLK Drive Circuit
A simple bias network for generating VCM is shown in Figure 75. It is important to use CVDD18 and CGND for the clock bias circuit. Any noise or other signal that is coupled onto the clock is multiplied by the DAC digital input signal and can degrade DAC performance.
0.1µF 1nF1nF
VCM = 400mV
CVDD18
CGND
1kΩ
287Ω
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FULL-SCALE CURRENT GENERATION INTERNAL REFERENCE Full-scale current on the I DAC and Q DAC can be set from 8.66 mA to 31.66 mA. Initially, the 1.2 V band gap reference is used to set up a current in an external resistor connected to I120 (Pin 75). A simplified block diagram of the reference circuitry is shown in Figure 76. The recommended value for the external resistor is 10 kΩ, which sets up an IREFERENCE in the resistor of 120 μA, which in turn provides a DAC output full-scale current of 20 mA. Because the gain error is a linear function of this resistor, a high precision resistor improves gain matching to the internal matching specification of the devices. Gain drift over temperature is also affected by this resistor. A resistor with a low temperature coefficient is recommended in applications requiring good gain stability.
Internal current mirrors provide a current-gain scaling, where the I DAC or Q DAC gain is a 10-bit word in the 3-wire interface port register (Register 0x0B, Register 0x0C, Register 0x0F, and Register 0x10). The default value for the DAC gain registers gives an IFS of approximately 20 mA. IFS is equal to
321024
61227V 1.2
DAC Gain
RIFS
I DAC
DAC FULL-SCALEREFERENCECURRENT
CURRENTSCALING
I DAC GAIN
Q DAC GAIN
Q DAC
AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
VREF
10kΩ
1.2V BAND GAP
0.1µF I120
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Figure 76. Reference Circuitry
35
00 1000
DAC GAIN CODE
I FS
(m
A)
30
25
20
15
10
5
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Figure 77. IFS vs. DAC Gain Code
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GAIN AND OFFSET CORRECTION Analog quadrature modulators make it very easy to realize single sideband radios. However, there are several nonideal aspects of quadrature modulator performance. Among these analog degradations are
• Gain mismatch: The gain in the real and imaginary signal paths of the quadrature modulator may not be matched perfectly. This leads to less than optimal image rejection because the cancellation of the negative frequency image is less than perfect.
• Local oscillator (LO) feedthrough: The quadrature mod-ulator has a finite dc-referred offset, as well as coupling from its LO port to the signal inputs. These can lead to significant spectral spurs at the frequency of the quadrature modulator LO.
The AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A have the capability to correct for both of these analog degradations. Note that these degradations drift over temperature; therefore, if close to optimal single sideband performance is desired, a scheme for sensing these degradations over temperature and correcting for them may be necessary.
I/Q CHANNEL GAIN MATCHING Gain matching is achieved by adjusting the values in the DAC gain registers. For the I DAC, these values are in the 0x0B and 0x0C I DAC control registers. For the Q DAC, these values are in the 0x0F and 0x10 Q DAC control registers. These are 10-bit values. To perform gain compensation, raise or lower the value of one of these registers by a fixed step size and measure the amplitude of the unwanted image. If the unwanted image is increasing in amplitude, stop the procedure and try the same adjustment on the other DAC control register. Do this until the image rejection cannot be improved through further adjustment of these registers.
It should be noted that LO feedthrough compensation is inde-pendent of gain. However, gain compensation can affect the LO compensation because the gain compensation may change the common-mode level of the signal. The dc offset of some modulators is common-mode level dependent. Therefore, it is recommended that the gain adjustment be performed prior to LO compensation.
AUXILIARY DAC OPERATION Two auxiliary DACs are provided on the AD9776A/AD9778A/ AD9779A. The full-scale output current on these DACs is derived from the 1.2 V band gap reference and external resistor between the I120 pin and ground. The gain scale from the reference amplifier current (IREFERENCE) to the auxiliary DAC reference current is 16.67 mA with the auxiliary DAC gain set to full
scale (10-bit values, 3-wire interface Register 0x0D and 3-wire interface Register 0x11). This results in a full-scale current of approximately 2 mA for auxiliary DAC1 and auxiliary DAC2.
The auxiliary DAC structure is shown in Figure 78. Only one of the two output pins of the auxiliary DAC is active at a time. The inactive side goes to a high impedance state (>100 kΩ). The active output pin is chosen by writing to Bit 7 of Register 0x0E and Register 0x12.
The active output can act as either a current source or a current sink. When sourcing current, the output compliance voltage is 0 V to 1.6 V. When sinking current, the output compliance voltage is 0.8 V to 1.6 V. The output pin is chosen to be a current source or current sink by writing to Bit 6 of Register 0x0E and Register 0x12.
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AUXP
AUXNP/N
SOURCE/SINC
0mA TO 2mA(SOURCE)
VBIAS
0mA TO 2mA(SINK)
Figure 78. Auxiliary DAC Source/Sink for AD9776A/AD9778A/AD97779A
The magnitude of the auxiliary DAC1 current is controlled by the 0x0D and 0x0E auxiliary DAC1 control registers; the magnitude of the auxiliary DAC2 current is controlled by the 0x11 and 0x12 auxiliary DAC2 control registers. These auxiliary DACs have the ability to source or sink current. This is programmable via Bit 6 in either auxiliary DAC control register. The choice of sinking or sourcing should be made at circuit design time. There is no advantage to switching between current source or current sink once the circuit is in place.
The auxiliary DACs can be used for LO cancellation when the DAC output is followed by a quadrature modulator. This LO feedthrough is caused by the input-referred dc offset voltage of the quadrature modulator (and the DAC output offset voltage mismatch) and may degrade system performance.
Typical DAC-to-quadrature modulator interfaces are shown in Figure 79. Often, the input common-mode voltage for the modulator is much higher than the output compliance range of the DAC, making ac coupling or a dc level shift necessary. If the required common-mode input voltage on the quadrature modu-lator matches that of the DAC, then the dc shown in Figure 79 can be used. A low-pass or band-pass passive filter is recommended when spurious signals from the DAC (distortion and DAC images) at the quadrature modulator inputs may affect the system perfor-mance. Placing the filter at the location shown in Figure 79 allows easy design of the filter because the source and load impedances can easily be designed close to 50 Ω.
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RBIP50Ω
RBIN50Ω
93
90
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22IBBN
IBBP
AD9779A
RBQN50Ω
RBQP50Ω
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10
RSLI100Ω
RSLQ100Ω
OUT1_N
AUX1_N
AUX2_N
OUT1_P
AUX1_P
OUT2_P
AUX2_P
OUT2_N
QBBP
QBBN
LPI390nH
LNI390nH
82pFC1I 39pF
C2I
LNQ390nH
LPQ390nH
82pFC3Q
39pFC2Q
250Ω
500Ω
500Ω
500Ω
500Ω
250Ω
250Ω
250Ω82pF
C3I
82pFC1Q
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Figure 79. Typical Use of Auxiliary DACs AC Coupling to
Quadrature Modulator
LO FEEDTHROUGH COMPENSATION The LO feedthrough compensation is the most complex of all three operations. This is due to the structure of the offset aux-iliary DACs, as shown in Figure 78. To achieve LO feedthrough compensation in a circuit, each of four outputs of these auxiliary DACs can be connected through a 500 Ω resistor to ground and through a 250 Ω resistor to one of the four quadrature modulator signal inputs. The purpose of these connections is to drive a very small amount of current into the nodes at the quadrature modulator inputs, therefore adding a slight dc bias to one of the quadrature modulator signal inputs.
To achieve LO feedthrough compensation, the user should start with the default conditions of the auxiliary DAC sign registers, and then increment the magnitude of one or the other auxiliary DAC output currents. While this is being done, the amplitude of the LO feedthrough at the quadrature modulator output should be sensed. If the LO feedthrough amplitude increases, try either changing the sign of the auxiliary DAC being adjusted or adjusting the output current of the other auxiliary DAC. It may take practice before an effective algorithm is achieved.
Using the AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A evaluation board, the LO feedthrough can typically be adjusted down to the noise floor, although this is not stable over temperature.
RESULTS OF GAIN AND OFFSET CORRECTION The results of gain and offset correction can be seen in Figure 80 and Figure 81. Figure 80 shows the output spectrum of the quad-rature demodulator before gain and offset correction. Figure 81 shows the output spectrum after correction. The LO feedthrough spur at 2.1 GHz has been suppressed to the noise level. This result can be achieved by applying the correction, but the correc-tion needs to be repeated after a large change in temperature.
Note that the gain matching improved the negative frequency image rejection, but there is still a significant image present. The remaining image is now due to phase mismatch in the quadrature modulator. Phase mismatch can be distinguished from gain mismatch by the shape of the image. Note that the image in Figure 80 is relatively flat and the image in Figure 81 slopes down with frequency. Phase mismatch is frequency dependent, so an image dominated by phase mismatch has this sloping characteristic.
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REF LVL0dBm
20MHz
0
–100
–10
–20
–30
–40
–50
–60
–70
–80
–90
RBW 3kHz REF ATT 30dBVBW 3kHz MIXER –40dBmSWT 56s UNIT dBm
Figure 80. AD9779A and ADL5372 with a Multitone Signal at 2.1 GHz,
No Gain or LO Compensation
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REF LVL0dBm
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RBW 20kHz REF ATT 20dBVBW 20kHz MIXER –40dBmSWT 1.25s UNIT dBm
Figure 81. AD9779A and ADL5372 with a Multitone Signal at 2.1 GHz,
Gain and LO Compensation Optimized
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INPUT DATA PORTS The AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A can operate in two data input modes: dual port mode and single port mode. For the default dual port mode (single port bit = 0), each DAC receives data from a dedicated input port. In single port mode (single port bit = 1), both DACs receive data from Port 1. In single port mode, DAC1 and DAC2 data is interleaved, and the TXENABLE input is used to steer data to the intended DAC. In dual port mode, the TXENABLE input is used to power down the digital data path.
In dual port mode, the data must be delivered at the input data rate. In single port mode, data must be delivered at twice the input data rate of each DAC. Because the data inputs function up to a maximum of 300 MSPS, it is practical to operate with input data rates up to 150 MHz per DAC in single port mode.
In dual port and single port modes, a data clock output (DATACLK) signal is available as a fixed time base with which to drive data from an FPGA or other data source. This output signal operates at the input data rate.
SINGLE PORT MODE In single port mode, data for both DACs is received on the Port 1 input bus (P1D[15:0]). I and Q data samples are interleaved and are sampled on the rising edges of DATACLK. Along with the data, a framing signal must be supplied on the TXENABLE input (Pin 39), which steers incoming data to its respective DAC. When TXENABLE is high, the corresponding data-word is sent to the I DAC. When TXENABLE is low, the corresponding data is sent to the Q DAC. The timing of the digital interface in interleaved mode is shown in Figure 83.
The Q first bit (Register 0x02, Bit 0) controls the pairing order of the input data. With the Q first bit set to the default of 0, the I-Q pairing sent to the DACs is the two input data-words corresponding to TXENABLE low followed by TXENABLE high. With the Q first bit set to 1, the I-Q pairing sent to the DACs is the two input data-words corresponding to TXENABLE high, followed by TXENABLE low. Note that with either order pairing, the data sent with TXENABLE high is directed to the I DAC, and the data sent with TXENABLE low is directed to the Q DAC.
DUAL PORT MODE In dual port mode, data for each DAC is received on the respective input bus (P1D[15:0] or P2D[15:0]). I and Q data arrive simultaneously and are sampled on the rising edge of the DATACLK signal. The TXENABLE signal must be high to enable the transmit path.
INPUT DATA REFERENCED TO DATACLK The simplest method of interfacing to the AD9776A/AD9778A/ AD9779A is when the input data is referenced to the DATACLK output. The DATACLK output is a buffered version (with some fixed delay) of the internal clock that is used to latch the input data. Therefore, if setup and hold times of the input data with respect to DATACLK are met, the input data is latched correctly. Detailed timing diagrams for the single and dual port cases using DATACLK as the timing reference are shown in Figure 82.
DATACLK
DATA
tSDATACLK tHDATACLK
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Figure 82. Input Data Port Timing, Data Referenced to DATACLK
Table 28 shows the setup and hold time requirements for the input data over the operating temperature range of the device. Also shown is the keep out window (KOW). The keep out window is the sum of the setup and hold times of the interface. This is the minimum amount of time valid data must be presented to the device to ensure proper sampling.
DATACLK Frequency Settings
The DATACLK signal is derived from the internal DAC sample clock, DACCLK. The frequency of the DATACLK output depends on several programmable settings. Normally, the frequency of DATACLK is equal to the input data rate. The relationship between the frequency of DACCLK and DATACLK is
DATACLKDIVSPZSIFf
f DACCLKDATACLK
where the variables IF, ZS, SP, and DATACLKDIV have the values shown in Table 27.
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DATACLK
P1D[15:0]
TXENABLE
I DAC[15:0]
Q DAC[15:0]
I DAC[15:0]
Q DAC[15:0]Q FIRST = 1
Q FIRST = 0
P1D1 P1D2 P1D3 P1D4 P1D5 P1D6 P1D7 P1D8
P1D1 P1D3 P1D5
P1D1
P1D0
P1D3 P1D5
P1D2 P1D4 P1D6
P1D2 P1D4
Figure 83. Single Port Mode Digital Interface Timing
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The DATACLKDIV only affects the DATACLK output frequency, not the frequency of the data sampling clock. To maintain an fDATACLK frequency that samples the input data that remains consistent with the expected data rate, DATACLKDIV should be set to 00.
Table 27. DACCLK to DATACLK Divisor Values
Variable Value Address
Register Bit IF Interpolation factor (1, 2, 4,
or 8) 0x01 [7:6]
ZS 1, if zero stuffing is disabled 2, if zero stuffing is enabled
0x01 [0]
SP 0.5, if single port is enabled 1, if dual port is selected
0x02 [6]
DATACLKDIV 1, 2, or 4 0x03 [5:4]
INPUT DATA REFERENCED TO REFCLK In some systems, it may be more convenient to use the REFCLK input than the DATACLK output as the input data timing reference. If the frequency of DACCLK is equal to the frequency of the data input (without interpolation), then the data with respect to REFCLK± timing specifications in Table 28 apply directly without further considerations. If the frequency of DACCLK is greater than the frequency of the input data, a divider is used to generate the DATACLK output (and the internal data sampling clock). This divider creates a phase ambiguity between REFCLK and DATACLK, which results in uncertainty in the sampling time. To establish fixed setup and hold times of the data interface, this phase ambiguity must be eliminated.
To eliminate the phase ambiguity, the SYNC_I input pins (Pin 13 and Pin 14) must be used to force the data to be sampled on a specific REFCLK edge. The relationship among REFCLK, SYNC_I, and input data is shown in Figure 84 and Figure 85. Therefore, both SYNC_I and data must meet the timing in Table 28 for reliable data transfer into the device.
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tSREFCLKtHREFCLK
tS_SYNC
tH_SYNC
SYNC_I
REFCLK
DATA
Figure 84. Input Data Port Timing, Data Referenced to REFCLK, fDACCLK = fREFCLK
Note that even though the setup and hold times of SYNC_I are relative to REFCLK, the SYNC_I input is sampled at the internal DACCLK rate. In the case where the PLL is employed, SYNC_I must be asserted to meet the setup time with respect to REFCLK (tS_SYNC), but cannot be asserted prior to the previous rising edge of the internal SYNC_I sample clock. In other words, the SYNC_I assert edge has to be placed between its successive keep out windows that replicate at the DACCLK rate, not the REFCLK rate. The valid window for asserting SYNC_I is shaded gray in Figure 85 for the case where the PLL provides a DACCLK frequency of four times the REFCLK frequency. Thus, the minimum setup time is tS_SYNC, and the maximum setup time is tDACCLK − tH_SYNC.
tSREFCLK
tDACCLK
tH_SYNC
tS_SYNC
tHREFCLK
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REFCLK
Figure 85. Input Data Port Timing, Data Referenced to REFCLK,
fDACCLK = fREFCLK × 4
More details of the synchronization circuitry are found in the Device Synchronization section of this data sheet.
Table 28. Data Timing Specifications vs. Temperature
Timing Parameter Temperature PLL Disabled PLL Enabled
Min tS (ns) Min tH (ns) Min KOW (ns) Min tS (ns) Min tH (ns) Min KOW (ns) Data with Respect to REFCLK± −40°C −0.80 3.35 2.55 −0.83 3.87 2.99
+25°C −1.00 3.50 2.50 −1.06 4.04 2.98 +85°C −1.10 3.80 2.70 −1.19 4.37 3.16 −40°C to +85°C −0.80 3.80 3.00 −0.83 4.37 3.54
Data with Respect to DATACLK −40°C 2.50 −0.05 2.45 2.50 −0.05 2.45 +25°C 2.70 −0.20 2.50 2.70 −0.20 2.50 +85°C 3.00 −0.40 2.60 3.00 −0.40 2.60 −40°C to +85°C 3.00 −0.05 2.95 3.00 −0.05 2.95
SYNC_I± to REFCLK± −40°C 0.30 0.65 0.95 0.27 1.17 1.39 +25°C 0.25 0.75 1.00 0.19 1.29 1.48 +85°C 0.15 0.90 1.05 0.06 1.47 1.51 −40°C to +85°C 0.30 0.90 1.20 0.27 1.47 1.74
AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A Data Sheet
Rev. C | Page 48 of 55
OPTIMIZING THE DATA INPUT TIMING The AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A have on-chip circuitry that enables the user to optimize the input data timing by adjusting the relationship between the DATACLK output and DCLK_SMP (the internal clock that samples the input data). This optimization is made by a sequence of 3-wire interface register read and write operations. The timing optimization can be done under strict control of the user. This function is only available when the input data is referenced to the DATACLK output.
Figure 86 shows the circuitry that detects sample timing errors and adjusts the data interface timing. The DCLK_SMP signal is the internal clock used to latch the input data. Ultimately, it is the rising edge of this signal that needs to be centered in the valid sampling period of the input data. This is accomplished by adjusting the time delay, tD, which changes the DATACLK timing and, as a result, the arrival time of the input data with respect to DCLK_SMP.
TIMINGERROR IRQ
D
Q
Q
D
CLK
CLK
DCLK_SMP
PD1[0]
∆tM
∆tD
∆tM
DATACLKDELAY[3:0]
TIMINGMARGIN[3:0]
DATACLK
TIMINGERROR TYPE
TIMINGERROR
DETECTION
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Figure 86. Timing Error Detection and Optimization Circuitry
The error detect circuitry works by creating two sets of sampled data (referred to as the margin test data) in addition to the actual sampled data used in the device data path. One set of sampled data is latched before the actual data sampling point. The other set of sampled data is latched after the actual data sampling point. If the margin test data match the actual data, the sampling is considered valid and no error is declared. If there is a mismatch between the actual data and the margin test data, an error is declared.
The Data Timing Margin[3:0] variable determines how much before and after the actual data sampling point the margin test data are latched. Therefore, the data timing margin variable determines how much setup and hold margin the interface needs for the data timing error IRQ to remain inactive (show error free operation). Therefore, the timing error IRQ is set whenever the setup and hold margins drop below the Data Timing Margin[3:0] value and does not necessarily indicate that the data latched into the device is incorrect.
In addition to setting the data timing error IRQ, the data timing error type bit is indicated when an error occurs. The data timing error type bit is set low to indicate a hold error and high to indicate a setup error. Figure 87 shows a timing diagram of the data interface and the status of the data timing error type bit.
∆tM ∆tM
DATA
TIMING ERROR = 0
∆tM ∆tM
DATA
TIMING ERROR = 1DATA TIMING ERROR TYPE = 1
∆tM ∆tM
DATA
DELAYEDDATA
SAMPLING
ACTUALSAMPLINGINSTANT
DELAYEDCLOCK
SAMPLING
TIMING ERROR = 1DATA TIMING ERROR TYPE = 0
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Figure 87. Timing Diagram of Margin Test Data
Manual Timing Optimization
When the device is operating in manual timing optimization mode (Register 0x03, Bit 7 = 0), the device does not alter the DATACLK Delay[3:0] value from what is programmed by the user. By default, the DATACLK delay enable bit is inactive. This bit must be set high for the DATACLK Delay[3:0] value to be realized. The delay (in absolute time) when programming DATACLK delay between 00000 and 11111 varies from about 700 ps to about 6.5 ns. The typical delays per increment over temperature are shown in Table 29.
Table 29. Data Delay Line Typical Delays Over Temperature Delay −40°C +25°C +85°C Unit Zero Code Delay (Delay Upon
Enabling Delay Line) 630 700 740 ps
Average Unit Delay 175 190 210 ps
When the device is placed into manual mode, the error checking logic is activated. If the IRQs are enabled, an interrupt is generated if a setup/hold violation is detected. One error check operation is performed per device configuration. Any change to the Data Timing Margin[3:0] or DATACLK Delay[3:0] values triggers a new error check operation.
Data Sheet AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
Rev. C | Page 49 of 55
DEVICE SYNCHRONIZATION System demands can impose two different requirements for synchronization. Some systems require multiple DACs to be synchronized to each other. This is the case when supporting transmit diversity or beam forming, where multiple antennas are used to transmit a correlated signal. In this case, the DAC outputs need to be phase aligned with each other, but there may not be a requirement for the DAC outputs to be aligned with a system level reference clock. In systems with a time division multiplexing transmit chain, one or more DACs may need to be synchronized with a system level reference clock. The options for synchronizing devices under these two conditions are described in the Synchronization Logic Overview section and the Synchronizing Devices to a System Clock section.
SYNCHRONIZATION LOGIC OVERVIEW Figure 88 shows the block diagram of the on-chip synchroniza-tion logic. The basic operation of the synchronization logic is to generate a single DACCLK-cycle-wide initialization pulse that sets the clock generation state machine logic to a known state. This initialization pulse loads the clock generation state machine with the Clock State[4:0] value as its next state. If the initializa-tion pulse from the synchronization logic is generated properly, it is active for one DACCLK cycle, every 32 DACCLK cycles. Because the clock generation state machine has 32 states operating at the DACCLK rate, every initialization pulse received after the first pulse loads the state in which the state machine is already in, maintaining proper clocking operation of the device.
SYNCDELAY
PULSEGENERATION
LOGIC
ERROR DETECTCIRCUITRY
CLOCKGENERATION
STATEMACHINE
DACCLK
BIT 0 (1× INTERPOLATION)BIT 1 (2×)BIT 2 (4×)BIT 3 (8×)BIT 4 (8× WITHZERO STUFFING)
MUX
SYNC IRQSYNC_I
DELAY REGISTER(REG 0x0, BITS[7:4])
REFCLKINTERNALPLL
PLLBYPASS
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LOAD DACCLK OFFSET VALUE (REG 0x07,BITS[4:0]), ONE DACCLK CYCLE/INCREMENT
fSYNC_1 < fDATA/2^N
Figure 88. Synchronization Circuitry Block Diagram
Nominally, the SYNC_I input should have one rising edge every 32 clock cycles (or multiple of 32 clock cycles) to maintain proper synchronization. The pulse generation logic can be programmed to suppress outgoing pulses if the incoming SYNC_I frequency is greater than DACCLK/32. Extra pulses can be suppressed by the ratios listed in Table 30. The SYNC_I frequency can be lower than DACCLK/32 as long as output pulses are generated from the pulse generation circuit on a
multiple of 32 DACCLK periods. In any case, the maximum frequency of SYNC_I must be less than fDATACLK.
Table 30. Settings Required to Support Various SYNC_I Frequencies SYNC_I Ratio[2:0]
SYNC_I Rising Edges Required for Synchronization Pulse
000 1 (default) 001 2 010 4 011 8 100 16 101 Invalid setting 110 Invalid setting 111 Invalid setting
As an example, if a SYNC_I signal with a frequency of fDACCLK/4 is used, then both 011 and 100 are valid settings for the SYNC_I Ratio[2:0] value. A setting of 011 results in one initialization pulse being generated every 32 DACCLK cycles, and a setting of 100 results in one initialization pulse being generated every 64 DACCLK cycles. Both cases result in proper device synchronization.
The Clock State[4:0] value is the state to which the clock generation state machine resets upon initialization. By varying this value, the timing of the internal clocks with respect to the SYNC_I signal can be adjusted. Every increment of the Clock State[4:0] value advances the internal clocks by one DACCLK period.
Synchronization Timing Error Detection
The synchronization logic has error detection circuitry similar to the input data timing. The SYNC_I Timing Margin[3:0] variable determines how much setup and hold margin the synchronization interface needs for the sync timing error IRQ bit to remain inactive (that is, to indicate error free operation). Therefore, the sync timing error IRQ bit is set whenever the setup and hold margins drop below the SYNC_I Timing Margin[3:0] value and, therefore, does not necessarily indicate that the SYNC_I input was latched incorrectly.
When the sync timing error IRQ bit is set, corrective action can be taken to restore timing margin. One course of action is to temporarily reduce the timing margin until the sync timing error IRQ is cleared. Then, increase the SYNC_I delay by two increments and check whether the timing margin has increased or decreased. If it has increased, continue incrementing the value of SYNC_I delay until the margin is maximized. However, if incrementing the SYNC_I delay reduced the timing margin, then the delay should be reduced until the timing margin is optimized.
AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A Data Sheet
Rev. C | Page 50 of 55
SYNCHRONIZING DEVICES TO A SYSTEM CLOCK The AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A offer a pulse mode synchro-nization scheme (see Figure 89) to align the DAC outputs of multiple devices within a system to the same DACCLK edge. The internal clocks are synchronized by providing either a one-time pulse or a periodic signal to the SYNC_I inputs (SYNC_I+, SYNC_I−). The SYNC_I signal is sampled by the internal DACCLK sample rate clock.
The SYNC_I input frequency has the following constraint:
fSYNC_I ≤ fDATA
When the internal clocks are synchronized, the data-sampling clocks between all devices are phase aligned. The data input timing relationships can be referenced to either REFCLK or DATACLK.
For this synchronization scheme, all devices are slave devices, and the system clock generation/distribution chip serves as the master. It is vital that the SYNC_I signal be distributed between the DACs with low skew. Likewise, the REFCLK signals must be distributed with low skew. Any skew on these signals between the DACs must be accounted for in the timing budget. Figure 89 shows an example clock and synchronization input scheme.
Figure 90 shows the timing of the SYNC_I input with respect to the REFCLK input. Note that although the timing is relative to the REFCLK signal, SYNC_I is sampled at the DACCLK rate. This means that the rising edge of the SYNC_I signal must occur after the hold time of the preceding DACCLK rising edge, not the preceding REFCLK rising edge.
INTERRUPT REQUEST OPERATION The IRQ pin (Pin 71) acts as an alert in the event that the device has a timing error and should be queried (by reading Register 0x19) to determine the exact fault condition. The IRQ pin is an open-drain, active low output. The IRQ pin should be pulled high external to the device. This pin can be tied to the IRQ pins of other devices with open-drain outputs to wire-OR these pins together.
There are two different error flags that can trigger an interrupt request: a data timing error flag or a sync timing error flag. By default, when either or both of these error flags are set, the IRQ pin is active low. Either or both of these error flags can be masked to prevent them from activating an interrupt on the IRQ pin.
The error flags are latched and remain active until the interrupt register, Register 0x19, is either read from or the error flag bits are overwritten.
SYSTEM CLOCKLOW SKEW
CLOCK DRIVER
LOW SKEWCLOCK DRIVER
MATCHEDLENGTH TRACES
REFCLK
SYNC_I
REFCLK
SYNC_I
OUT
OUT
MATCHEDLENGTH TRACES
PULSEGENERATOR
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Figure 89. Multichip Synchronization in Pulse Mode
DACCLK
REFCLK
SYNC_I
tS_SYNC
tH_SYNC
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Figure 90. Timing Diagram of SYNC_I with Respect to REFCLK When Synchronizing Multiple Devices to Each Other
Data Sheet AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
Rev. C | Page 51 of 55
POWER DISSIPATION Figure 91 to Figure 99 show the power dissipation of the 1.8 V and 3.3 V digital and clock supplies in single DAC mode and dual DAC mode. In addition to this, the power dissipation/current of the 3.3 V analog supply (mode and speed independent) in single DAC mode is 102 mW/31 mA. In dual DAC mode, this is 182 mW/55 mA. When the PLL is enabled, it adds 50 mA/90 mW to the 1.8 V clock supply.
00 250
fDATA (MSPS)
PO
WE
R (
W)
0.6
0.7
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225
8× INTERPOLATION,ZERO STUFFING
8× INTERPOLATION
4× INTERPOLATION
4× INTERPOLATION,ZERO STUFFING
2× INTERPOLATION
1× INTERPOLATION
2× INTERPOLATION,ZERO STUFFING
1× INTERPOLATION,ZERO STUFFING
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Figure 91. Total Power Dissipation, I Data Only, Real Mode
00 250
fDATA (MSPS)
PO
WE
R (
W)
0.4
25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225
8× INTERPOLATION 4× INTERPOLATION
2× INTERPOLATION
1× INTERPOLATION
0.3
0.2
0.1
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Figure 92. Power Dissipation, Digital 1.8 V Supply, I Data Only, Real Mode, Does Not Include Zero Stuffing
00 250
fDATA (MSPS)
PO
WE
R (
W)
0.08
25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225
8× INTERPOLATION4× INTERPOLATION
2× INTERPOLATION
1× INTERPOLATION
0.06
0.04
0.02
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Figure 93. Power Dissipation, Clock 1.8 V Supply, I Data Only, Real Mode, Includes Modulation Modes, Does Not Include Zero Stuffing
00 250
fDATA (MSPS)
PO
WE
R (
W)
0.075
25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225
0.050
0.025
ALL INTERPOLATION MODES
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Figure 94. Power Dissipation, Digital 3.3 V Supply, I Data Only, Real Mode, Includes Modulation Modes and Zero Stuffing
00 300250 275
fDATA (MSPS)
PO
WE
R (
W) 0.6
1.0
0.7
0.8
0.9
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225
1× INTERPOLATION
1× INTERPOLATION,ZERO STUFFING
2× INTERPOLATION,ALL MODULATION MODES
2× INTERPOLATION,ZERO STUFFING
4× INTERPOLATION,ALL MODULATIONMODES
4× INTERPOLATION,ZERO STUFFING
8× INTERPOLATION, ALLMODULATION MODES8× INTERPOLATION,
ZERO STUFFING
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Figure 95. Total Power Dissipation, Dual DAC Mode
00 250
fDATA (MSPS)
PO
WE
R (
W)
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225
2× INTERPOLATION
4× INTERPOLATION
1× INTERPOLATION,NO MODULATION
8× INTERPOLATION, fDAC/8,fDAC/4,fDAC/2,
NO MODULATION
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Figure 96. Power Dissipation, Digital 1.8 V Supply, I and Q Data, Dual DAC Mode, Does Not Include Zero Stuffing
AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A Data Sheet
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00 250
fDATA (MSPS)
PO
WE
R (
W)
0.125
25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225
2× INTERPOLATION
4× INTERPOLATION
1× INTERPOLATION,NO MODULATION
8× INTERPOLATION, fDAC/8,fDAC/4,fDAC/2,
NO MODULATION0.100
0.075
0.050
0.025
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Figure 97. Power Dissipation, Clock 1.8 V Supply, I and Q Data, Dual DAC
Mode, Does Not Include Zero Stuffing
00 250
fDATA (MSPS)
PO
WE
R (
W)
0.075
25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225
0.050
0.025
ALL INTERPOLATION MODES
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Figure 98. Power Dissipation, Digital 3.3 V Supply, I and Q Data,
Dual DAC Mode
0.16
00 1200
fDAC (MSPS)
PO
WE
R (
W)
0.14
0.12
0.10
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
200 400 600 800 1000
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Figure 99. DVDD18 Power Dissipation of Inverse Sinc Filter
POWER-DOWN AND SLEEP MODES The AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A have a variety of power-down modes; thus, the digital engine, main TxDACs, or auxiliary DACs can be powered down individually or together. Via the 3-wire interface port, the main TxDACs can be placed in sleep or power-down mode. In sleep mode, the TxDAC output is turned off, thus reducing power dissipation. The reference remains powered on, however, so that recovery from sleep mode is very fast. With the power-down mode bit set (Register 0x00, Bit 4), all analog and digital circuitry, including the reference, is powered down. The 3-wire interface port remains active in this mode. This mode offers more substantial power savings than sleep mode, but the turn-on time is much longer. The auxiliary DACs also have the capability to be programmed into sleep mode via the 3-wire interface port. The auto power-down enable bit (Register 0x00, Bit 3) controls the power-down function for the digital section of the devices. The auto power-down function works in conjunction with the TXENABLE pin (Pin 39); see Table 31 for details.
Table 31. TXENABLE (Pin 39) Description 0 If auto power-down enable bit = 0, flush data
path with 0s. If auto power-down enable bit = 1, flush data for multiple REFCLK cycles; then, automatically place the digital engine in power-down state. DACs, reference, and 3-wire interface port are not affected.
1 Normal operation.
Data Sheet AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
Rev. C | Page 53 of 55
EVALUATION BOARD OVERVIEW EVALUATION BOARD OPERATION The AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A evaluation board is provided to help users quickly become familiar with the operation of the device and to evaluate the device performance. To operate the evaluation board, the user needs a PC, a 5 V power supply, a clock source, and a digital data source. The user also needs a spectrum analyzer or an oscilloscope to observe the DAC output.
The typical evaluation setup is shown in Figure 100. A sine or square wave clock can be used to source the DAC sample clock. The spectral purity of the clock directly affects the device per-formance. A low noise, low jitter clock source is required.
All necessary connections to the evaluation board are shown in more detail in Figure 101.
DIGITALPATTERN
GENERATOR
ADAPTERCABLES
CLOCKGENERATOR
AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
EVALUATIONBOARD
CLKIN SPI PORT
DATACLK OUTCLOCK IN
SPECTRUMANALYZER
1.8V POWER SUPPLY
3.3V POWER SUPPLY
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Figure 100. Typical Test Setup
SPI PORT
AD9779A
J1 CLOCK INP4 DIGITAL INPUT CONNECTOR
S7 DCLKOUT
DVDD18 DVDD33 CVDD18 AVDD33J2
5V SUPPLY
ANALOG DEVICES
AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
S5 OUTPUT 1
S6 OUTPUT 2
ADL537x
LOCAL OSCINPUT
MODULATOROUTPUT
+5VGND
JP4JP15JP8JP14
JP3JP16JP2JP17
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Figure 101. AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A Evaluation Board Showing All Connections
AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A Data Sheet
Rev. C | Page 54 of 55
The evaluation board comes with software that allows the user to program the on-chip configuration registers. Via the 3-wire interface port, the devices can be programmed into any of its various operating modes. The default software window is shown in Figure 102.
The evaluation board also comes populated with the ADL537x modulator to allow for the evaluation of an RF subsystem. Complete details on the evaluation board and the 3-wire interface software can be downloaded from the Analog Devices website.
1. SET INTERPOLATION RATE
2. SET INTERPOLATION FILTER MODE
3. SET INPUT DATA FORMAT
4. SET DATACLK POLARITY TO MATCH INPUT TIMING
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Figure 102. 3-Wire Interface Port Software Window
Data Sheet AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
Rev. C | Page 55 of 55
OUTLINE DIMENSIONS
COMPLIANT TO JEDEC STANDARDS MS-026-AED-HD 0218
09-A
1
2526 50
7610075
51
14.00 BSC SQ16.00 BSC SQ
0.270.220.17
0.50 BSC
1.051.000.95
0.150.05
0.750.600.45
SEATINGPLANE
1.20MAX
1
252650
76 10075
51
6.50NOM7°
3.5°0°
COPLANARITY0.08
0.200.09
TOP VIEW(PINS DOWN)
BOTTOM VIEW(PINS UP)
CONDUCTIVEHEAT SINK
PIN 1
FOR PROPER CONNECTION OFTHE EXPOSED PAD, REFER TOTHE PIN CONFIGURATION ANDFUNCTION DESCRIPTIONSSECTION OF THIS DATA SHEET.
Figure 103. 100-Lead Thin Quad Flat Package, Exposed Pad [TQFP_EP]
(SV-100-1) Dimensions shown in millimeters
ORDERING GUIDE Model1 Temperature Range Package Description Package Option AD9776ABSVZ −40°C to +85°C 100-Lead Thin Quad Flat Package, Exposed Pad [TQFP_EP] SV-100-1 AD9776ABSVZRL −40°C to +85°C 100-Lead Thin Quad Flat Package, Exposed Pad [TQFP_EP] SV-100-1 AD9778ABSVZ −40°C to +85°C 100-Lead Thin Quad Flat Package, Exposed Pad [TQFP_EP] SV-100-1 AD9778ABSVZRL −40°C to +85°C 100-Lead Thin Quad Flat Package, Exposed Pad [TQFP_EP] SV-100-1 AD9779ABSVZ −40°C to +85°C 100-Lead Thin Quad Flat Package, Exposed Pad [TQFP_EP] SV-100-1 AD9779ABSVZRL −40°C to +85°C 100-Lead Thin Quad Flat Package, Exposed Pad [TQFP_EP] SV-100-1 1 Z = RoHS Compliant Part.
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